Disable XP’s forceguest in workgroup mode

2006 November 25
by Frank Mao

If XP is in workgroup mode, all remote login will be treat as guest account. to disable it, you must set the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\forceguest to 0. (The default is 1.)

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  1. 2009 February 17
    Deon permalink

    Yes, but can that be done from a remote PC?

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