Edit re Windows 11: I’m changing over to a ordinateur avec Windows 11, so J’ai besoin de answer the same question again for that. Je n’ai pas repeated all the in-depth research, but ici’s what J’ai trouvé for Windows 11:
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DOS command net user and Windows Computer Management > System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users encore show the guest compte. In the latter, it encore has the property “Compte is désactivé”.
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Control Panel > User Accounts no longer has Manage Accounts, so Je ne vois pas where to see anything about a guest compte in Control Panel.
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The MS documentation Guidance for accounts on shared PCs a été updated to say it applies to Windows 11.
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BUT the page no longer says “We recommend no local admin comptes sur le [shared] PC to improve the reliability and sécurité du PC.”
Parce que du last point above, Je ne sais pas what to think. The doc a été updated to apply to Windows 11, but the most crucial piece of official advice not to use a guest compte a été supprimé. Argh! So although it serait helpful to have a guest compte on this nouveau ordinateur, I’m going to continue to not have one.
If anyone knows any better about what’s going on with this in Windows 11, veuillez post a comment or answer about it.
The short answer:
Il y a un guest compte in Windows 10, but c’est not suitable for use on a standalone ordinateur.
In other words:
If your computer n’est pas part of a network, then no, you cannot have a guest account.
The long answer:
As of Windows 10 v 1607, the guest compte became part du configuration of “shared PC mode” [Microsoft, TechTarget, Windows Club]. That mode is a complex configuration intended for IT professionals to set up ordinateurs dedicated to shared use. Ce n’est pas suitable for a standalone ordinateur whose owner wants to allow occasional guest use. That’s parce que a standalone ordinateur needs to have a local administrator compte, and local administrator comptes ne sont pas recommended for ordinateurs set up for shared use, which is qu’est-ce que maintenant needed to have a properly configuré guest compte. (See MS documentation, Guidance for accounts on shared PCs, which says “We recommend no local admin comptes sur le [shared] PC to improve the reliability and sécurité du PC.”)
The bottom line:
Owners of standalone Windows 10 ordinateurs who want to set up a guest compte to maintain sécurité when allowing a friend to use their ordinateur are out of luck.
Ici are some more details about the status du guest compte on a standalone ordinateur:
Après v 1607, the guest compte encore exists, but is désactivé. C’est included dans le list of comptes obtained by:
Avant v 1607, there were four ways to enable the guest account:
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Allez à “Panneau de configuration > Utilisateur Accounts > Manage Accounts > Guest”. Sélectionnez “Turn on”.
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Allez à “Local Stratégie de groupe Editor (GPedit.msc) > Stratégie de l’ordinateur local > Configuration ordinateur > Windows Paramètres > Sécurité Paramètres > Local Policies > Sécurité Options > Accounts: Guest compte status > Properties”. Click “Enabled”.
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In DOS as admin, enter net user guest /active:yes.
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Allez à “Ordinateur Management > Système Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users > Guest > Properties”. Uncheck “Compte is désactivé”.
As of v 1903, the first method was/is no longer possible parce que “Manage Accounts” ne show the compte “Guest”. The other three methods were/are possible to execute, but it a été reported that doing so either has no effect or causes serious système malfunctions [Digital Citizen, SuperUser comment, SuperUser answer, SuperUser comment].
J’ai trouvé a SuperUser answer starting avec, “Ici’s what I did on Windows 10 to provide a utilisateur login for some visiting guests.” I did what it said, and got access errors.
- (Note about the previous link: Ceci est to a question I posted on SuperUser about the problème. It was “supprimé” après a few months parce que it had a downvote and no answer. Ce n’est pas en fait supprimé, but is hidden from most people. Il y a un mechanism to undelete it si cela is deemed worth keeping alive. So it serait good if some people who have the right authority would take a look and see if that link ought to be allowed to work.)
Some du wrong or misleading information sur le Internet about guest comptes in Windows 10:
The following say that the guest compte a été supprimé or no longer fonctionne, à la place of that it a été relegated to seulement be used on shared ordinateurs:
Windows 10 build 10159 loses the Guest account, ComputerWorld, July 2, 2015
You can’t enable the Guest account in Windows 10. Here’s why and how others are lying, Digital Citizen, August 9, 2017
The article linked above for four ways to activer the guest compte is no longer valid depuis v 1607:
4 Ways to Enable and Disable Built-in Guest on Windows 10, iSunshare Studio, undated
The following says to use the stratégie de groupe method to activate the guest compte. It cites as its source an article that a été updated to say the method no longer fonctionne:
SuperUser answer, Ramhound, November 29, 2015
The following say to créer and set up an compte using the DOS command net, but this ne result in a real guest compte, just an ordinary utilisateur compte:
SuperUser answer, The Professional, September 29, 2015
How to Create a Guest Account in Windows 10, How-To Geek, July 5, 2017
The following article explains another way to créer an ordinary utilisateur compte using “Windows > Paramètres > Accounts”. Ce n’est pas wrong, but pourrait être misinterpreted by some people as a way to set up a guest compte:
Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Support, last updated August 21, 2019