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to add user accounts for other family members in your household. The HP MediaSmart Server supports two types of user accounts: guest and individual. Use the table below to determine which type of user account best suits your needs. Table 4: Choosing the type of user account to suit your needs Type of User Acct Description Folders Remote Photo Access Webshare Guest Everyone uses the same account. There is typically no password, so no logon is required. Everyone has Full access to all shared folders. Cannot use Cannot use with remote with Webshare. access. Individual Each family member has a unique user name and password. They logon to use home computers. Each person can be set up with different shared folder access. Available. Requires a strong password. Available. Requires a strong password to be a Webshare Manager. This topic includes the following: • Enabling the Guest Account • Creating Individual User Accounts For additional information on user accounts, see the following help topics in the Windows Home Server help. • Why do I need user accounts? • Why should logon names match? • Which user accounts password policy should I choose? Enabling the Guest Account If you want everyone to use the same logon account to access the HP MediaSmart Server, enable the guest account. If the guest account is enabled with no password, family members are not required to logon when they use home computers. Additionally, all family members can have Full access to all shared folders through the guest account. 2-8 Getting Started Version Update 1.1.1