Learn more about the Guest account

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The Guest account is created automatically for you, but it is disabled by default. If you enable the Guest account, you can use the Guest account to allow your guests to access shared folders on Windows Home Server without requiring a user account and password. Even though the Guest account does not require a password, you can assign it a password. For more information, see Which option should I choose? [User Management].

To enable the Guest account

  1. Connect to the Windows Home Server Console.

  2. Click the User Accounts tab.

  3. Right-click Guest, and then click Enable Guest Account.

  4. Complete the Enable Guest Account Wizard.

Note

You can also use the Guest account another way. If you don't want to add and maintain separate user accounts and passwords for all of the members of your household, you can enable the Guest account without a password and then give the Guest account Full access to all of the Windows Home Server shared folders. When you do this, all of the users in your household can connect to your home server without the need for separate user accounts on Windows Home Server. For more information, see How to use the Guest account to allow open access to your home server.