Q: I have heard that making a guest account on the computer and using it yourself can help stop viruses. Why is this, and how would I go about making an extra account? A: Administrator accounts on a ...

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There are times when we have to share our Windows PC with someone. Having a Guest Account on Windows comes in handy in such situations. Windows 11/10 however, removed the Guest account functionality.

Q: My Lenovo Ideapad running Windows 10 Home shows four users: me (admin), spouse (principal user), Guest1 (account I set up for visitors), and Guest, an account I don’t remember setting up. The ...

If you’re on the most recent version of Windows 10, you might have noticed that you can’t create guest accounts like you used to. Here’s a workaround to fix that problem. For reasons unknown, ...

Microsoft made a few quiet but great changes to its kid-proofing SteadyState tool for Windows 7, changing the name to Guest Mode and trimming it into a dead-simple way to protect your PC from anyone's ...

In situations where a visitor wants to use your Mac for a task, providing them access via your personal account may be an unwise move, especially if it isn't someone you completely trust. AppleInsider ...

When you enable log-in for the guest account, Mac OS X sets it up just like a regular account in that it's given a home folder and user and group attributes for creating and managing files. As with ...

The network at SUNY Cortland is available only for current faculty, staff and students of the College. As a courtesy, a limited number of guest accounts are available to support scholarly work. There ...