Re: Guest account

"RajKohli" <RajKohli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Check the link to know how to set password for Guest Account.

http://www.tweakxp.com/article37393.aspx

I don't know why "Gordon" said that turning Guest could be a Security
Risk.

Not me that says it - The Microsoft Baseline Security Advisor says it. And I
think you'll find that the security risk, is that anyone with the Guest
account enabled can be hacked by another machine that also has the guest
account enabled.

See this link:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb418978.aspx


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