[ding dong]

How can I turn off or remove my guest account in windows 8?

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Google is your friend for this one:

Windows 8: Guest user account disabled but still listed in switch user dialog

2nd post in the thread.

[Ztruker]

Google is your friend for this one:

Windows 8: Guest user account disabled but still listed in switch user dialog

2nd post in the thread.

[ding dong]

Dot have "Local Users and Groups" under Computer Management? I do have user accounts and family safety and I found it in there but no matter how much I enable and disable it still comes up in the wifi pane on right. How can I remove the account all together?

Edited by ding dong, 14 November 2013 - 05:02 PM.

[Ztruker]

Right click on Guest and select Delete.

[ding dong]

As I said, I dont seem to have the users file?

Here is a snap of what I got.

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[Ztruker]

Are you using an Administrator level account?

Look at Control Panel, User Accounts.

[ding dong]

I dont know, this is another frustrating thing. How can I have it so that I have full access all the time - this is a constant problem I run into when trying to fix my pc - you dont have permission to perform this action [bleep]. How can I change this?

Heres where I can get to anyway but I be damned if I can remove this thing....

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Edited by ding dong, 17 November 2013 - 04:28 PM.

[Ztruker]

See here: Solved - How do I remove Guest account from Start Screen user menu?

Basically, open a Elevated Command Prompt
Enter net user guest /active:yes to enable guest account.

Enter net user guest /active:no to disable guest account.

Check Switch Users, see if it still shows up. If yes, reboot and check again. That's what Kari did in the link I posted.

[ding dong]

I think I have exhausted the link - how do I do this command prompt thingy?

[Ztruker]

To open a Elevated Command Prompt, see here: How to Open an Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 8

[ding dong]

Ok, so did all the command prompt things and its still there. I also opened it and then closed it but its still there.

How do I get rid of this thing?

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Edited by ding dong, 30 November 2013 - 04:37 PM.

[Ztruker]

Did you do this as Kari mentioned?

OK, so first activating net user Guest, then disabling it and finally rebooting, it's gone now .

Other than that I'm out of ideas.

[ding dong]

No, still there.

I did the command prompt stuff and had issues with the link i think cos it wasnt the same as what i got.

[Ztruker]

No, still there.

I did the command prompt stuff and had issues with the link i think cos it wasnt the same as what i got.

I don't understand. What link?

Did the net user commands work?

Should have looked like this:

>net user guest /active:yes
The command completed successfully.


>net user guest /active:no
The command completed successfully.

[ding dong]

the link in the instructions above my post.

yes, thats what it said both times but the account is still there.