Re: Internet and limited Guest accounts

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 06/23/03 

Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 18:28:08 -0700

Guest accounts can't dial or hang-up Internet connections. Either switch
to always-on broadband or create a Limited Account for guest Internet
access.

Yes, yes, I know it's stupid, especially since the Help files say you
can use Guest for Internet access. Everyone at Microsoft forgot long ago
that other people still use dial-up. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
<van521@earthlink.net> wrote in
message news:00ef01c338fa$28bf7000$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> i have a similar problem.  on the guest account, it'll
> say it cannot find a connectoid.  i did nothave a problem
> w/ aol before. (i don't want to go back to AOL, though.)
> has somebody tried to contact you with the solution?  i
> tried to change settings from the "administrator" account
> but cannot figure out how to do so.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >After I set up a dialup connection using the
> >Owner/Administrator account (specifying that this
> >connection will be used by all users) when I create a
> >limited access Guest account cannot log on to the
> internet
> >using the Guest account. While logged on like Guest, I
> see
> >the default connection but when I click on it nothing
> >happens. Also when I check the connections tab for
> >internet properties I do not see the default connection
> >either. I cannot add the connection (manually or with
> the
> >Wizard) because I get either a 'Cannot load the Remote
> >Access Connection Manager Service. Error:5 Access is
> >denied.' (using the manual setup) or 'You are currently
> >logged in as a limited user. Please log in as
> >administrator in order to run the New Connection Wizard.'
> >.
> >

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