Disable Local Guest Accounts

To disable the guest account on computers that have the Local Security Agent installed, enable the Disable Local Guest Accounts policy. This is an out-of-the-box policy;  you do not need to make any configuration changes to this policy.

Enable the Policy

To enable this policy, do the following steps:

1. In the Arellia Security Manager, click the Policies tab.
2. In the file library in the left pane, navigate to Arellia Solutions > Local Security > Policies > Disable Local Guest Accounts.
    
3. In the right pane, click the red Off button to activate the policy.
   
    

Schedule and Apply

For instructions on how to set the schedule for the policy, go to Create or Change a Policy Schedule.

For instructions on how to apply the policy to computers, go to Resource Targets.

Run a Task

To run the Disable Local Guest Accounts policy immediately, run the Disable Guest Account task. 

To run this task, do the following steps:

1. In the Arellia Security Manager, click the Policies tab.
2. In the file library in the left pane, navigate to Arellia Solutions > Local Security > Policies > Disable Guest Account.
3. Set a schedule for the task. (For instructions about how to set a schedule, go to Calendar Options.)

View the Report

You can view COM+ and DCOM Inventory reports by doing the following steps:

1. In the Arellia Security Manager, click the Reports tab.
2. In the file library in the left pane, navigate to Arellia Solutions > Local Security.