What is a guest account? Win8.1 guest account opening tutorial

What is a guest account?

The guest account means you create another login account for others. It only has the permission to use and does not have the permission to modify the software and system, such as our printer sharing, guest accounts are required for network access and the system also comes with guest accounts. You only need to enable this function.

Enable Win8.1 guest account

1. Find the Start icon of the system and right-click it.

 

2. Click control panel in the displayed list window ].

 

3. Select [user account and home security] to enter. This guest user is also an account, so in user account management, as shown below.

 

4. Select the [user account] option. Generally, the guest user is disabled.

 

5. Now, click manage other accounts. The effect is as follows.

 

6. In "select user to change", click [Guest] Guest account.

 

7. "Do you want to enable the guest account ?" Click Enable.

 

Now, if the printer is shared with other computers, we can use it to access them. Other friends can also use this account to use our computers and access the internet normally.