Creating a Guest Account

If you have an administrator account or are a member of the Administrators group, you can create a guest account. A guest account provides access to a computer for anyone who doesn’t have a user account. The steps to create a guest account differ, depending on whether your computer is part of a domain network or shared/workgroup computer.

Create a Guest Account

Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.

Double-click the User Accounts icon in Classic view.

Click Manage another account.

Click the Guest icon.

Click Turn On.

Click the Close button.

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Create a Guest Account on a Domain Network

Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.

Double-click the User Accounts icon in Classic view, and then click Manage User Accounts.

Click the Advanced tab, and then click Advanced.

Click Users.

Double-click the Guest icon.

Clear the Account is disabled check box.

Click OK, and then click the Close button.

Click OK.