Domain Guests Group Not Created On Upgrade

ID: Q118569

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

The Domain Guests group is not created when you upgrade Windows NT 3.1 to Windows NT 3.5.

CAUSE

A new security feature of Windows NT 3.5 is that the Guest account is no longer a member of the Domain Users group by default. Some users objected to having the Guest account defaulting to the Domain Users group so a new Domain Guests group was created.

When you install (not upgrade to) Windows NT 3.5, the default is to create the Domain Guests group that includes the Guest account. When you upgrade to Windows NT 3.5, the default is to not create the Domain Guests group and to leave the Guest account in the Domain Users account.

WORKAROUND

Create a Domain Guests group and add the Guest account to that group. Remove the Guest account from the Domain Users group.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords : kbusage ntsecurity kbbug3.50 NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.5
Platform : WINDOWS
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