Re: What's with guest account?

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 07/07/03 

Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 16:01:30 -0700

Morgan,

The two user account interfaces you mention mask some things.
Have you tried lusrmgr.msc ? and drill into the adv detail views.
A freshly defined limited account cannot log in but if you only
change it to being an admin it can ? Is that the case ?
And then, once it is changed by to being only a limited account
it can or cannot log in ? 

-- 
Roger
"Morgan" <mjr@nesbit.com> wrote in message
news:%23H6PFjzQDHA.2476@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I've been reading lots of posts about guest account problems, but seem to
> have encountered a new one.  I turned on guest account in XP Home,
rebooted
> and tried to logon as guest.  But all that happened is "loading personal
> settings" appeared for a few seconds, then the two accounts (my
> administrator and guest) returned.  So I turned off guest and then tried
> turning it on in Safe mode.  This time when I logged on to guest, it said
> "Windows cannot logon because the profile cannot be loaded."  And I can't
> find guest in Computer properties or with control userpasswords2.  The
same
> stuff happens when I try to create a limited account.  What the heck's the
> matter?
>
> Morgan
>
>
>

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