TimmyS

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I know how to disable the guest account, but is there a way to delete the account so that it is no longer on the computer?
 

TimmyS

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I wanted to delete it because people are messing around with the computer and doing things with the guest account. Also, what are these documents you are talking about?
 

sturm

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You need to set their accounts as limited. They wont be able to activate the guest account or change anything on the admin account.
The docs I was talking about were off the microsoft knowledge site at microsoft.com
 

306maxi

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I wanted to delete it because people are messing around with the computer and doing things with the guest account. Also, what are these documents you are talking about?

Just put a power on password on the machine.....
 

20thSFGAirborne

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You guys are giving some horrible advice. Simply disabling the guest account is not the same as deleting it. One of the fundamentals of network/computer security is removing nonessential accounts and services. I don't normally work with windows, but will start looking for a way to remove the guest account.

Edit: I was a bit harsh. All the advice you guys gave was good, except when you told him not to try deleting the guest account. As far as limiting users' rights, and installing a BIOS password, that is all great advice. I'd still try to find a way to delete the guest account if possible.
 
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Just log off from the guest account, disable the account from control panel -> user accounts, and delete the Guest folder present under "Documents and Settings" folder.
 
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And the reason why deleting my guest account was so important is because I used it as my primary user account with all my emails, files etc for the last 3 years. Now there are a few 'real' guests in my house and I do not want to risk exposing all my files and emails to them so I have moved on to another password protected full user account.