Guest account includes unallowed user

Risk Level: Low risk vulnerability  Low

Check or Attack Name: Guest User

Platforms: Windows NT
Description:

An account was detected as a member of the Guest group, but the account is not an allowed Guest user. Verify that the user should be a member of this group.

Remedy:

Verify that the user should be a member of this group. If the user should not be a member of this group, follow these steps:

  1. Open User Manager. From the Windows NT Start menu, select Programs, Administrative Tools (Common), User Manager.
  2. Select the user.
  3. From the User menu, select Properties to display the User Properties dialog box.
  4. Click Groups.
  5. Remove the user from the group.
  6. Click OK.
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