Once again, Windows 10 changes the way we create and manage users. Learning how to add a new user in Windows is easy, even though it has a new location, and it even comes with more options.
Windows 10 allows us to create two types of users: Family and other users. Family is divided among adults and kids. The difference being that the adults category puts limits on what the kids can use, primarily exercising parental control over the children.
Creating a guest account on a Windows 10 computer is very easy. There are two ways you can create an account.
Method 1
1. Go to the Start menu and begin typing “user.” You should be able to see User Accounts at the top; click on it.
2. Click on Manage Another Account.
3. Click on Add a New User in PC Settings.
4. Make sure you are in the Family and Other users section and at the bottom right-hand corner, click on Add someone else to this PC.
5. In the next window you will be asked how this person is going to sign it. At the bottom click on The person I want to add doesn´t have an email address.
6. Click on Add a user without a Microsoft account.
7. To finish up, you will need to fill in the name. You can’t just use “guest.” You will also need to add a password, but it can be something as easy as 123456. To finish, just click on the next button that will be highlighted in blue.
To see if your guest account has been added correctly, you need to go back to the Start button and type “user” again. Go to “User Accounts” just like you did in the beginning, and click on Manage another account.
You should be able to see the guest account right beside yours.
How to Activate the Guest Account
Congratulations! You have created your Windows 10 guest account. After setting it up you need to activate it. To do this you need to click on the Start button and left click on your name; you will see a switch to Guest.
Method 2
1. Click on the search icon, type in lusrmgr.msc and click on the only available option.
2. Under Local Users and Groups, click on Users.
3. Click on Guest in the middle column, and a Guest Properties windows will appear. Type in the name you want the guest account to have.
4. Don´t forget to unclick Account is Disabled so this method can work. Save your changes by clicking on the Apply and OK buttons on the bottom right-hand side of the box.
5. To check if everything was done correctly, go to the Start button, click on your name and you should be able to see the guest account you just created.
Conclusion
As the old saying goes, “All roads lead to Rome.” In other words, there are various ways to do the same thing. The above shows you two methods you can choose from, and you just need to select the one that is easier for you. If you have found the information useful, don´t forget to give a share in your social media accounts and drop a comment regarding which method you decided to use.
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I tried both the methods and both the methods are enabling the built-in Guest account. But the problem is, I’m unable to switch to the account. However, I can create many local user accounts and I can login to it. Seems like Guest account is not allowed to be used in Windows 10.
Hi Steven,
Have you tried clicking on the home button and where you see you name and user image, right or left click (doesn´t matter which one) and then choose the account you want to use? Thanks for commenting. =-)
Awesome!
Worked out all fine.
Hi Johnson,
I am glad that it worked for you. Thanks for commenting. =-)
This does not work with windows 10 home edition
Hi Phillip,
Were you not able to find any of this steps? =-)
i tried the both method however method 2 doesn’t work as it said that it can’t be use with my windown 10 edition. Seem like ypu can’t use guess mode with windown 10
method one does work ok but it not really a guess account it just like another account on your PC, cuz the person stillave pretty much all the acess your PC. Is there anyway that I can limited other user in my computer like a real guess account
Hi Annalisa,
Have you tried setting up that account as you would a childs? You can find more info in the link below. Hope this helps. =-)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/set-child-limits
Great! Thank you so much. I followed your instructions and I was able to set up Visitor in both laptop and desk top Windows 10.