Re: Guest Accounts and Internet Access

From: Patti MacLeod (pam120_at_nospamshaw.ca)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:20:48 -0500

Hi Sherie,

You could try this tweak (courtesy of Kelly Theriot) to keep connected to
the internet when using Fast User Switching:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (line 32, left-hand
side -->Keep Ras Connection)

Regards, 

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
"Dennis" <dwillis@amaonline.com> wrote in message
news:OxKi4sM1EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Happy to find a similar problem already posted.  My  problem is similar
but
> I have a dial up connection.
>
> When I first added a guest user (on my new XP) I could access the internet
> with that (guest) account.  Now I cannot and the internet disconnects if I
> switch users anyway, where it did not before.  I remember seeing a window
> that you could set accesses and make global changes and have found
reference
> to that in the help menus, but I cannot cannot seem to find that window
> anymore.
>
> Glad for the help,
>
> Sherie
>
> "Pop" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:OmU9AY$0EHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > That's how the internal Guest Account is deisgned to work, and is
> > a safety mechanism.  Since you're on DSL, I would seriously
> > consider not using Guest Account due to some inherent security
> > problems.  You could, however, create your own Guest Account, and
> > thus set it up anyway you wish it to be.  With proper setup and a
> > Limited Account, then you have very little chance of picking up
> > serious damage from the 'net if the guest doesn't know anything
> > about safe hex.  There is also the possibility of using different
> > Hardware Profiles if you're familiar with them.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pop
> >
> > "rdarmand" <rdarmand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:D4BB546D-6D6E-47FE-8B89-7BA004B319A7@microsoft.com...
> > |I am using XP Pro. I connect to the internet using DSL, with a
> > dedicated DSL
> > | modem which my system recognizes as a network connection.
> > |
> > | If I am not already connected to the internet, there is no way
> > to connect
> > | from the Guest account. There is no option for doing so on the
> > Start menu;
> > | and if I pull up the Control Panel and Network Connections,
> > there is nothing
> > | listed.
> > |
> > | However, if I am already connected to the internet (through
> > another,
> > | non-Guest account), then the Guest account can access the
> > internet.
> > |
> > | I have looked through the on-line help, and can find nothing on
> > this. Can
> > | anyone tell me how to give a Guest the ability to connect to
> > the internet?
> > |
> > | Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>

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