Set guest account to have no password

windows-7 passwords user-accounts

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Solution 1

Start Orb>Search box>type: netplwiz [enter] Click on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by UAC

Click "reset password" Then click "OK"

Solution 2

Best practice normally has the Guest account disabled. Enabling without password would open a bit of a security hole as it is a known account and any attacker would likely try the account without passowrd.

Can you expain the issue so users might be able to offer more assistance?

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

soandos over 1 year

How can I change the Guest account to have no password? It seems that that may be causing some of my other problems.
soandos almost 13 years

Yes. It seems that it might be related to not being able to turn off password protected sharing. I have a bounty on the question with my sharing issues here.
wizlog almost 13 years

the full article by Microsoft Answers Remove Guest Password?