This is very interesting, Steve.

How is this accomplished automatically?

Ted




>> In article <1128457039.859897.288970@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
>> "Eduardo" <eduardorp1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks. Why should the guest account be disabled? From what I found
>>> out on the newsgroups, it's used for Simple File Sharing. Do you
>>> recommend that I use the, uh... "complex" one instead?
>>>
>>> Eduardo
>>
>> If a computer has Windows XP Home Edition, all access to that
>> computer's shared disks and folders uses the Guest account. If you
>> disable the Guest account for network access on that computer, no one
>> will be able to access your shared disks and folders. The commands
>> to disable and enable the Guest account for network access are:
>>
>> net user guest /active:no (disable)
>> net user guest /active:yes (enable)
>>
>> Note that disabling or enabling the Guest account in Control Panel |
>> User Accounts has nothing to do with networking. It determines
>> whether someone can log on as Guest at the local keyboard.
>>
>> In Windows XP Professional, you can disable simple file sharing.
>> Then, network access is controlled by user accounts and permissions
>> that you create, not the Guest account.
>> --
>> Best Wishes,
>> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>
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