Please help= Guest account in system databases

• hydbadrose

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  February 15, 2013 at 7:53 am

  #289469

  Can I rename the guest account in system databases? will it mess up the system? The guest account in user databases are disabled, but per security requirement we need to rename the guest account. So my concern is will it mess up the system databases? We will be using the GPO to rename the guest and administrator account. Please help.

• Lowell

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  February 15, 2013 at 9:15 am

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  this book has a few pages on renaming both the sa/administrator login and the guest account:

  http://books.google.com/books?id=MsZWztjVbMcC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=sql+server+rename+the+guest+account&source=bl&ots=60hO6CtY5a&sig=-_fsIZ9dfCMRyeuU-lQ8xVEf7q0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZF4eUZirA5Ho9gSah4GgDg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=sql%20server%20rename%20the%20guest%20account&f=false

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• hydbadrose

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  February 15, 2013 at 9:47 am

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  Thank you so much, so can I disabled the guest account on system databases?