Remove Guest Account?

boxr · Mar 8, 2013

Has anyone worked out how to delete the Guest Account as i refuses to be removed even logged in as the highest level Admin?

rrohela · Mar 8, 2013

Try Command in elevated command prompt..

NET USER GUEST /DELETE

Why you want to delete built-in Account? My advice is to leave it & simply disable it if enable before...

cocachris89 · Mar 8, 2013

Right click Computer->Management.

Open System tools->local users and groups, click user; right click user account and choose remove.

boxr · Mar 8, 2013

LOL

Neither work not even if you are logged in as the hidden super admin hence why i made this thread and asked if anybody has worked out a way to remove it as you can remove any other unused account.

cocachris89 · Mar 8, 2013

Can you do it via control pannel -> user accounts -> turn off guest account?

boxr · Mar 8, 2013

Turning it off isn't the problem it's deleting it that doesn't work.

cocachris89 · Mar 8, 2013

what about:

net user guest /active:no

cocachris89 · Mar 8, 2013

Found some more info relating to this post:

You do not want to delete the Guest account. It is a system account and you should 1) leave it disabled; 2) leave it alone. Here is information about the Guest account.

Do not use the Guest account you see in the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. The Guest account is a special system account, not one meant for when you are feeling hospitable. It is disabled by default in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Linux, Unix, and OS X for a reason.

From TechNet:

"The Guest account is intended for users who require temporary access to the system. However, if this account is enabled, a security risk may exist because an unauthorized user could gain anonymous access to the system through this account."

If you are trying to delete Guest because you think you only want one user account on the system (yours), you should rethink this because that's not good practice. See below:

User accounts - Recommended Setup

You absolutely do not want to have only one user account. Like XP and all other modern operating systems, Vista and Windows 7 are multi-user operating systems with built-in system accounts such as Administrator, Default, and Guest. These accounts should be left alone as they are part of the operating system structure.

You particularly don't want only one user account with administrative privileges on Vista and Windows 7 because the built-in Administrator account (normally only used in emergencies) is disabled by default. If you're running as Administrator for your daily work and that account gets corrupted, things will be Difficult. It isn't impossible to activate the built-in Administrator to rescue things, but it may require more work than you want to do. Best not to get into a bad situation to begin with.

The user account that is for your daily work should be a Standard user, with the extra administrative user (call it something like "CompAdmin" or "Tech" or the like) only there for elevation purposes. Running as a Standard user is best practice for security purposes and will help protect your computer from infection. After you create "CompAdmin", log into it and change your regular user account to Standard. Then log back into your regular account.

If you want to go directly to the Desktop and skip the Welcome Screen with the icons of user accounts, you can do this:

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

Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the correct password for that user account (if there is one) when prompted. Leave it blank if there is no password (null).
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boxr · Mar 8, 2013

Thanks for that.

That explains why it's the only account that can't be deleted , I never knew it was needed.

cocachris89 · Mar 8, 2013

Your welcome

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