On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:30:09 -0000, "Gordon"
<gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>"Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:uruGWexbJHA.4480@xxxxxx Quote:
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ujEQEQvbJHA.1676@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> 1. Have her use Vista's "Guest Account"
>>
>>
>> Which according to MS is a SECURITY RISK - why otherwise are the guest
>> accounts turned OFF by default?
>> >
>
>Masses of stuff here (including TechNet) as to WHY it's a security risk.
>Please Carey act like you know SOMETHING....
>http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...ity+risk&meta= Well, it would appear that the only security risk is that it has no
password and that given the lack of a password, anyone could access
the computer.
Since almost the entirety of what your cite deals with is XP, here's
an official MS article that recommends that one should NOT disable the
guest account:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300489
Norman
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