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Pros and Cons of using a guest account

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Old 08-29-2015, 08:04 AM
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Default Pros and Cons of using a guest account
A Guest account has no permissions. Anyone on your computer cannot install, look around or delete. No one sits at my computer. So I use my guest account all the time but go to the Administrator account for updates.

The Administrator account allows updates, installs and snooping around.

Yet I see a lot of advice, including advice that comes from HP directly to me instructing to improve my safety close down my Guest account. Can someone remotely connect to a guest account?
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