Solved Guest User Account - Suicidal

[ding dong]

I am not really getting any help with this anywhere. Here is the link to show what I am up to: Turn off Guest account W8 - Geeks to Go Forums

Its gotta be something simpler than this.

 

[Brink]

Hello ding dong, and welcome to Eight Forums.

The Guest account will always be displayed in the "User Accounts" window. If you notice, it says that it is turned off, so you should no longer be seeing the Guest account on your sign in screen.

Are you still seeing the Guest account on your sign in screen or Start screen user menu?

 

[oneeyed]

You could probably enable it, then assign a strong password and disable it again if you're really worried.

 

[Brink]

Hello oneeyed,

I'm afraid that the Guest account cannot have a password created for it.

However, only administrators are able to turn on the Guest account.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/35326-guest-account-turn-off-windows-8-a.html

 

[ding dong]

Its not the login screen I want it removed from but the networks side bar on the right.

 

[Brink]

Please go ahead and post a screenshot showing what you wanted to be removed to see if it may help to ID the issue.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2598-screenshots-files-upload-post-eight-forums.html

 

[ding dong]

I cant do a screen shot because when I click on the snip tool it dissappears. It pops up when you click on the wifi internet strength bars in the right bottom tray. There you will see the guest account.

 

[Brink]

How about with using the Print Screen key and Paint?

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2596-screenshot-create-paint-windows-8-a.html

 

[chev65]

If a guest WiFi channel was active then it would show up on the list of WiFi connections which is what I think the Op is referring to?

You can just turn that off in the routers settings.

 

[ding dong]

What key does that look like brink?

No, it doesnt get rid of it see snap:

 

[adamf]

Your screen print is from manage user accounts - it is the same as you posted on the other thread you opened on geekstogo.com. As already stated it will show as whether enabled or not.

You need to do ask Brink said and show what you want to change - the info you posted will always be there.

Try pressing the print screen key as he said. It is normally somewhere in the top right corner of your keyboard and says something like "Prt Sc" on it. It is next to other keys that say "Pause" etc normally. It depends on the language - mine says "ImpEc" as my keyboard is French but it is in the same place. See the prints below from the HP user manual.

Then open paint application and press CTRL + V. That will copy the picture of your desktop from the clipboard to the Paint application. Then you can show what it is you don't want to see. Don't post a snip or part of it - post all of it any say what it is you don't want shown as I don't think we can understand your issue at the moment.

 

[ding dong]

ok, here is a print screen shot:

 

[Brink]

That's not a user account.

Instead that's just a wireless network named "Guest2" that's within range of your wireless adapter.

You might see if you may be able to use the tutorial below to remove it if it's a profile you created. If not, then you won't be able to remove it since it's just one that's listed as within range.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/20085-wireless-network-profile-delete-windows-8-a.html

 

[ding dong]

I dont see the guest account there? I am afraid of deleteing my user account as I will not be able to access the internet and may have to do it all over again. Here is what I got:

 

[Brink]

"Guest2" is just the name of your wireless network. It is NOT a user account.

 

[ding dong]

Im confused?

I want rid of it.

What I see in the box is my bigpond normal wireless account and then a hotel log that shows that I went online when away from home. I cant see the Guest2 anywhere?

 

[Brink]

LOL, I think you have gotten us all confused. Let's get this clarified so that we can better help.

"Guest" in your screenshot in your post at the link below cannot be removed. It can only be turned on or off.

http://www.eightforums.com/user-acc...1-guest-user-account-suicidal.html#post315162​

When asked to clarify earlier, you posted the screenshot in your post at the link below that's showing your wireless network connections instead. This is completely different than the "Guest" account from above.

http://www.eightforums.com/user-acc...guest-user-account-suicidal-2.html#post315733
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So please clarify exactly what you are wanting to remove, and we'll be happy to try and help. Those two items above have confused the matter.

 

[ding dong]

The "Guest2" wireless account I want removed as shown in my screen shot. I know it can be removed as it was not there before. It just appeared during routine fixes from techs.

 

[Brink]

Ok. Now it's clear that you want to remove your "Guest2" wireless profile below and not a Guest account.

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See my post above (click on link) for how with the tutorial there.

 

[ding dong]

Yes I saw the link but my question was it seemed to be about deleting all of my networks and not just the Guest2 one?