guest user problems

[cary_llon]

Hi, I have upgraded to XP Home.. no problems. However I want to set up the
Guest user to be able to access the internet... can't seem to find out how!
When I am logged on - no problem, but as soon as you switch to Guest user..
you can't access the internet. I go through Tiscali broadband (via dial-up).
If I try as Guest..iit tells me the modem is disconnected.. even thought its
actually plugged in and working under my own account.
any advice? instructions?
thanks.

[Will Denny]

Hi

The Guest Account should only be used when absolutely necessary!!!! It is
turned off by default for a very good reason. I wouldn't advocate trying to
connect to the Internet via the Guest Account!!

Oh and change your ISP - Tiscali are cr*p. Try Bulldog:

http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/index3.asp

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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"cary_llon" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, I have upgraded to XP Home.. no problems. However I want to set up the
> Guest user to be able to access the internet... can't seem to find out
> how!
> When I am logged on - no problem, but as soon as you switch to Guest
> user..
> you can't access the internet. I go through Tiscali broadband (via
> dial-up).
> If I try as Guest..iit tells me the modem is disconnected.. even thought
> its
> actually plugged in and working under my own account.
> any advice? instructions?
> thanks.

[Gordon]

"cary_llon" > wrote in message

> Hi, I have upgraded to XP Home.. no problems. However I want to set
> up the Guest user to be able to access the internet... can't seem to
> find out how! When I am logged on - no problem, but as soon as you
> switch to Guest user.. you can't access the internet. I go through
> Tiscali broadband (via dial-up). If I try as Guest..iit tells me the
> modem is disconnected.. even thought its actually plugged in and
> working under my own account.
> any advice? instructions?
> thanks.

Create a Limited User account called "visitor" (or something similar) and
use that. The built-in guest account is a security risk.

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We signed up, got a working phone & broadband for 1 week. After that
the
phone was dead along with the broadband.

After being left on hold far longer than anyone would appreciate, we
were promised that it would be fixed by a given date, the dates came
and went, and still no fix, this happened 4 times. After that we
switched back to the BT phone line.

We are still waiting for a refund from bulldog, and have now been
without a phone and broadband for 6 weeks -

Great, job thanks bulldog.

Quite posibly the worst ISP I've ever had the misfortune to deal with