[pchelpers] Re: XP Home Guest Account
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:09:13 +1200
There is some information about this here:
http://www.jimthompson.net/xphome/File_Sharing.htm
Here is a partial extract from it:
What are "Guest" and "Everyone" all About?
The terms "Guest" and "Everyone" come from NT and 2000 days. While
they have some highly technical significance for expert programmers,
mommies and daddies can view them in a more user-friendly way.
"Guest" is a /user account / for people who do not have individual
accounts. This user account does not require a password. By default,
the Guest account is disabled. In XP Home the Guest account is just
that: a limited account that a guest in your home can use to access the
computer for limited jobs, like some word processing, playing games, or
checking email.
"Everyone" is a /group/ that includes all users, even anonymous users
and guests. Membership is controlled by the operating system. I think
that when you use Sharing or CACLS to change read/write/delete
privileges on a folder, then in effect you are changing them for
"everyone" on the computer.
I hope it is specific enough for your needs.
Ed wrote:
>Okay, things are entirely too quiet here.
>I need advice, please.
>I have set up my XP Home so that I as admin I am the only one to log in on the
>puter (no one else has the password) as it is presently set up & has been
>since three months ago. I now want all other family to log in as guest. How do
>I transfer or set up guest to use the net & Outlook Express? They all
>currently have accounts on the admin side with OE & their favorites in IE.
>Favorites I can probably do. Haven't the energies to figure out the email part
>for guest. (been really sick for a while) Anyone with knowledge already for
>this task who would help?
>Thanks,
>Ed
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