Anetten said:
I recently activated the guest account on my computer, so that other family
members can surf the internet on my computer. I know they don't have
access
to my Outlook email, but what they DO have access to is ALL of my
documents!
What's the point of creating a guest account if they can still access my
private documents??? How can I prevent this?
Guess account is a hacker hole that should be disabled. If you want to
set-up an account, then set it up a new generic standard user account and
use NTFS to set folder or file permissions for the account, like read, list,
write, delete or no permissions for the account.
This is talking about XP, but it applies to Vista as well.
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The guest account has always been a huge hacker hole, and should be disabled
as soon as you install your workstation. Unfortunately, this setting
recommendation only applies to Windows XP Professional computers that belong
to a domain, or to computers that do not use the Simple File Sharing model.
Windows XP Home Edition will not allow you to disable the Guest account.
When you disable the Guest account in Windows XP Home Edition via the
Control Panel, it only removes the listing of the Guest account from the
Fast User Switching Welcome screen, and the Log-On Local right. The network
credentials will remain intact and guest users will still be able to connect
to shared resources of the affected machine across a network. Microsoft
Knowledge Base Article: 300489 describes this behavior and states that it is
by design. The best workaround for XP Home Users is to assign a strong
password to the Guest account.
