[dba-Tech] Guest account

Depends on what sort of sharing you are setting up on your network.

If you use "Simple File Sharing", XP will always connect to shares 
using the Guest Account.  In that situation, it can be problematic to 
disable the account.  If you use classic file sharing, it's not a 
problem.

 

On 30 Jul 2007 at 17:47, John Bartow wrote:

> I always disable the guest account in WinXP. I am just setting up a new Dell
> laptop that came with the Dell Network Assistant so I decided to run it and
> see what it would do. The very firs thing it did was ask me to turn on the
> Guest account because "having it disabled can cause file sharing problems".
>  
> Has anyone experienced problems by having the guest account disabled? Or
> know specifically why they want it enabled?
>  
> John
> 
> 
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