Windows 10: Guest user / another user with limited access

Hello,


I want to create an secondary user on my computer with limited access.
I manage to create a secondary user without an Microsoft Account. Just with username and password.
My problem is that this other user have access to the D-disk where i have all my personal files.

How could i set the permissions for that user so it wont get into my files?

Looking forward to get some answers.

Thanks!

:)

 

Need to restrict user access

Hi,

I suggest you to create guest account. Guest account is designed for users who require temporary access to a computer and don’t need to store their user-specific profile settings permanently. Users who log on as a guest have
a very limited set of permissions. For example, they cannot access other users’ files or perform system wide tasks such as installing software or hardware.

For security reasons, the built-in Guest account is disabled by default. This prevents users from having an option to log on to the system as Guest.

Files on the root of C: are available to the guest account in order to allow it to run properly, but files in the "Users" folder are not unless someone gave the guest user folder permissions.

To enable the guest account I would suggest you to try the following steps.

a. Type This PC in the search bar.

b. Right-click This PC , and then click Manage.

c. Click Local Users and Groups.

d. Click Users.

f. Right-click the Guest account, choose Properties.

g. On the General tab, select Account is Enabled.

h. Click Ok.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Guest User Restriction

Hello.

The problem was not to create a Guest user account. Yet I created an account by the steps mentioned in that guide.

Problem is how the guest/visitor user is able to revoke the restrictions that were put by the administrator account.


I removed all access to the drive for that particular guest user from my admin account. I switch to guest user and its locked. But then without any authentication I am able to change the security settings.

Should this happen? Then how to restrict access to folder/drives for other users?

 

How to remove Guest account?


Try these steps and you should be able to delete the guest account:

1. Press the WIN + X keys and select "Command Prompt (Admin)" from the Quick Access menu.
2. At the Command Prompt, run this command: Code:
   
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   net user Guest /del