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There is one more user account type that needs attention in Windows XP Home
Edition: the Guest account. Guest accounts have been notorious gateways for
malicious hackers to break into computers. Unfortunately, in the Home Edition you
cannot (or, rather, should not) disable the Guest account ("disabling" the account
from the Control Panel simply removes the Guest account from the Fast User
Switching system). According to the Microsoft website, "You can use the User
Accounts tool in Control Panel to turn off the Guest account. When you turn off the
Guest account, you remove the Guest account from the Fast User Switching
welcome screen. However, the Guest account is not disabled. We do not
recommend that you disable the Guest account. If you disable the Guest account,
you may not be able to access network resources. Additionally, you cannot access
resources on a local computer from another computer on the network.,,201 Okay, so
do not try to disable the Guest account in Windows XP Home Edition. What can you
do to minimize the risk posed by the Guest account? At this time, the best workaround
is to assign the Guest account a very strong password.
Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? Yet for some reason I really cannot comprehend,
Microsoft failed to include an option to add a password to the Guest account in
Windows XP Home Edition. However, all is not lost; you can still create a password
for the Guest account very simply.
201 "Description of the Guest User Account in Windows XP," Microsoft.com,
(14 November 2006).
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