Problem: No Network Connections under Guest Acct

[Guest]

I am running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and have two user accounts... mine
(administrator) and guest (enabled).

Problem I'm experiencing is that the guest account does not show any of the
network connections (comes up as "empty") and, as a result, guests must use
my admin account on my pc in order to access the internet.

I'm using DSL without a problem with my administrator account. Would like to
be able to add this nextwork connection (DSL) to my guest account.

Again, when I log onto the Guest account and look under Network Connections
(Start>Settings>Network Connections) the sub-menu comes up as empty.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Mark

 

[Guest]

Thanks Carey for the link to the article but, unfortunately, after reading it
it appears that the "fix" prescribed in the article only applies to dial-up
connectivity. In this piece, the author states that the Guest user account
should not have any problems accessing an ongoing (always open) high-speed
internet connection (DSL or Cable). Unfortunately, that is not true as I am
running a DSL connection and it still does not appear as one of my network
connections when I switch my from my account to the Guest account.

I appreciate the info but I'm still left with a quest for "the" answer...

Regards,
Mark

 

[Guest]

Got my problem resolved.
Apparently, you are correct. When I set up the network connection for my DSL
service, I failed to elect to have the username and password saved for ALL
USERS on my pc. To make matters worse, I also had the settings for the DSL
connection pre-set so that I was NOT prompted for a username and password
(all I had to do was click on the shortcut icon and I automatically
connected). I went into the properties dialog box for the DSL network
connection and under the options tab I was able to check off the "prompt for
unsername and password" option. I've done this and now get a dialog box
whenever I click to log onto my DSL service...and this dialog box contains a
check box with an option to save my username and password for access by ALL
USERS on my pc. I now have this option box checked and, as a result, my guest
account now has access to the internet (thought the Network Connections still
shows "empty" under the user account...but, heck, who cares as long as the
internet connection is there, connected and running, in the background).
Anyway, thanks for all your help. Regards, Mark DiRollo

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

My Guest account can't dial up the Internet!
http://www.andyrathbone.com/tips/guestdial.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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| I am running Windows XP Service Pack 2 and have two user accounts... mine
| (administrator) and guest (enabled).
|
| Problem I'm experiencing is that the guest account does not show any of the
| network connections (comes up as "empty") and, as a result, guests must use
| my admin account on my pc in order to access the internet.
|
| I'm using DSL without a problem with my administrator account. Would like to
| be able to add this nextwork connection (DSL) to my guest account.
|
| Again, when I log onto the Guest account and look under Network Connections
| (Start>Settings>Network Connections) the sub-menu comes up as empty.
|
| Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks, Mark