Policy
Audit insecure guest logon
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows11, WindowsServer2025
This policy controls whether the SMB client will enable the audit event when the client is logged on as guest account. If you enable this policy setting, the SMB client will log the event when the client is logged on as guest account. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the SMB client will not log the event.
Internal name
Pol_AuditInsecureGuestLogon
Policy ID
3d7a9bb985f1
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanWorkstation Value name AuditInsecureGuestLogon | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanWorkstation
Value name
AuditInsecureGuestLogon
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.