Can I set up a guest account which limits the access to my computer at home.

I'm going to do a home Exchange next month and want to leave a computer for guests to use.  Can I set up a guest account which limits the access to my computer at home. Specifically, I want to limit the client's access to Internet Explorer so that they can check your e-mails and surf the web.  Is this possible?

Do NOT enable the guest account. The guest account is NOT designed for occasional access, it is a special system account. It is a security risk because it allows anonymous access on your machine, apart from anything else. This is why it is disabled by default.

Just create an account user Standard, called 'Visitor', or something like.

Make sure that the Admin account has a password and tell them it.

Also, make sure that all users on the computer ALSO have a strong password.

That's all you need to do.

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