Using the Guest Account to Give Folks Temporary Access
What do you do if
you have someone visiting your place and that person wants to, for
instance, surf the Web or access some media on your computer? You could
allow the person to log on using an existing account, but that might not
be reasonable because of privacy or security concerns. You could set up
a user account for that person, but that seems like overkill,
particularly for a person on a short visit.
A better solution is to
enable the Guest account and allow your visitor to log on under that
account. Follow these steps to enable the Guest account:
Caution
You should probably
rename the Guest account if you’re going to leave it activated for a
while. See the previous section for the details.
1. | Select Start, type user, and click the User Accounts result. The User Accounts window appears.
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2. | Click the Manage Another Account link. The User Accounts window appears.
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3. | Click the Guest account icon. Windows asks if you want to turn on the Guest account.
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4. | Click Turn On. Windows activates the Guest account.
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Your guest is now free to use your computer safely: In the Windows 7 logon screen (see Figure 1), click the Guest icon.
