How can I restore the Guest account?

[Rich]

I'm running XP Pro and somehow I have killed the guest account. The
icon is available on my startup screen and the account is enabled but
when I try to log on I receive a message like "Loading user settings"
and after 30 seconds or so I get the original startup screen with the
admin account.

I normally use the admin account (Iknow, bad idea...).

In my Documents and Settings folder I do not have any Guest folder. I
have only folders for:

Administrator.P4-Home
All Users.WINNT
LocalService
NetworkService

If it is important, I upgraded to XP Pro from W2000 over a year ago.
I am fully patched to SP2. I have never before tried to use the Guest
account.

I have searched MS for an answer to this question, but have found only
instructions on how to enable the Guest account which I have done.
Something else must be the problem.

Can anyone help point me to the solution?

TIA, Rich

[Rich]

Cancel this request. I have stumbled upon the solution which was to
create a folder under Documents and Settings. The folder is to be
named "Default User".

Appears to work.

Rich
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Rich > wrote:

>I'm running XP Pro and somehow I have killed the guest account. The
>icon is available on my startup screen and the account is enabled but
>when I try to log on I receive a message like "Loading user settings"
>and after 30 seconds or so I get the original startup screen with the
>admin account.
>
>I normally use the admin account (Iknow, bad idea...).
>
>In my Documents and Settings folder I do not have any Guest folder. I
>have only folders for:
>
>Administrator.P4-Home
>All Users.WINNT
>LocalService
>NetworkService
>
>If it is important, I upgraded to XP Pro from W2000 over a year ago.
>I am fully patched to SP2. I have never before tried to use the Guest
>account.
>
>I have searched MS for an answer to this question, but have found only
>instructions on how to enable the Guest account which I have done.
>Something else must be the problem.
>
>Can anyone help point me to the solution?
>
>TIA, Rich