Re: Guest Account


"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcmaven@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5bd6o1p3ja7ea121r1v9l0c6ffi0vento5@xxxxxxxxxx
> In article <FC43B442-EDC1-4022-BF30-175AF85EE372@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Telemachos" <Telemachos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Hello
>>Windows XP
>>1) I run the command net user Guest /Active:Yes
>>2) The command completed succesfully
>>3) In the cmputer Management The User Guest seems activated ("Account is
>>Disabled" isn't Checked)
>>4) In the Control Panel's "User Accounts", Guest User is off
>>Result:
>>I use NtRights command to grant network logon rights to Guest account but
>>it
>>doesn't work. So nobody can Logon as Guest from Network...
>>I need to COMPLETLY activate Guest Account using command line. I don't to
>>do
>>it through Control Panel.
>>What sould I do ?
>>Thank you
>>Telemachos
>
> Make sure that both of these are true, because "deny" overrides
> "allow":
>
> 1. The Guest account is allowed the right to log in over the network.
>
> ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
Sorry to say, but my Windows XP machine can't find ntrights. Help & Support
discusses this program on NT versions prior to XP.
Has another program replaced ntrights on XP?
Jim
>
> 2. The Guest account isn't denied the right to log in over the
> network.
>
> ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
>
> Both commands are case-sensitive, so type (or copy/paste) them exactly
> as shown.
>
> The entry for Guest in Control Panel "User Accounts" has nothing to do
> with networking. It determines whether someone can log on as Guest at
> the local keyboard.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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