Policy
Audit insecure guest logon
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows11, WindowsServer2025
This policy controls whether the SMB server will enable the audit event when the client is logged on as guest account. If you enable this policy setting, the SMB server 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 server will not log the event.
Internal name
Pol_AuditInsecureGuestLogon
Policy ID
bc7fa5b6fb49
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\LanmanServer\AuditInsecureGuestLogon | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.
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