Re: Guest acount

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 07/20/02 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:46:58 -0700

"Debra Earle" <theboss@intranet-works.com> wrote in message
news:3D38F5AE.9B04F323@intranet-works.com...
> Paula wrote:
> >
> > I can I keep other users from accessing the control panel and My
Computer on
> > the guest account?
>
> Yes, but a better method is to leave the Guest login disabled, and just
> assign new logins to the other people but make them Guest instead of User
> or Administrator level.
>
> -- DE

Debra,

Just a little info here. Making an account a member of
Guests but not of Users, in the otherwise default config
of XP, results in that account being indirectly a member
of Users. 

--
Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

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