Can't enable guest account in lion

Since i istalled lion guest account disabled. I went to system pref users and groups
i see guest account. i select guest account but it will not allows me to check
allow guests to log in to this computer. it is gray out.
( lock is open)

I'm a bit confused here.
I have File Vault "on" on my MacBook Air and I can see the Guest User in the login window. when I go to my Mac (also 10.7.2.) - i don't see the "Disable restarting to Safari when screen in locked" option in Security & Privacy -> General preference pane. See this article:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/13/disable-guest-user-account-mac-os-x-10-7-2-login- screen
any ideas on how we can get this working on our iMac would be awesome!

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Since i istalled lion guest account disabled. I went to system pref users and groups
i see guest account. i select guest account but it will not allows me to check
allow guests to log in to this computer. it is gray out.
( lock is open)
How can i enable gust account in Lion. Thank you.

I'm a bit confused here.
I have File Vault "on" on my MacBook Air and I can see the Guest User in the login window. when I go to my Mac (also 10.7.2.) - i don't see the "Disable restarting to Safari when screen in locked" option in Security & Privacy -> General preference pane. See this article:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/13/disable-guest-user-account-mac-os-x-10-7-2-login- screen
any ideas on how we can get this working on our iMac would be awesome!

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i have a late 2008 unibody macbook 2.4.
my wife has a late 2007 imac.
when i apply update i boot into safe mode and update from there.
on my wife's computer i can select the guest account and update from there.
on my macbook however, when i try to enter the guest account the display 'shakes and quakes' and doesn't allow me to use the guest accounts.
we are currently 'up-to-date' with updates (10.5.7 etc).
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excellent points greg, but not applicable here.
there are 3 accounts guest, me, admin.
the guest is 'factory stock', the admin is 'factory stock' w/pass, and mine is mine.
as i stated i can use guest in safe mode on my wife's imac, which is configured identically.
there are zero passwords on our guest accounts.
additonally, all permissions on both computers 'check-out' ok per disk utility.
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I can't access Guest Account

I can't get into Guest account, I can only get to a blank grayish screen.
Once there I have to power down and restart to get back to main user.
I tried...
disabling and reenabling the Guest account,
I ran Disk Utility / Repair Permissions,
I ran Repair Permissions from the recovery partition,
I tried reinstalling Lion (a torturous 2 hour download...a lot longer than the original download and installation),
I created a test (standard) account. It took a few minutes to load, but once it did, I was able to get in and out of the account, but not into Guest,
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...all to no avail.
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...and it now works.
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There is a discussion thread on how to customize the dock for the Guest account in Leopard <https://discussions.apple.com/message/6511435#6511435> but I do not think it will work in Lion.
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I'd like to go back to the original question. I don't see an answer here yet.
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Hi Nardac,
Not exactly sure what you are trying to say: Yes, the guest account can be disabled and I just did that as mentioned already. As a result it is listed as "disabled" under my main administrator account.
As long as there is listed as an existing account I still believe that it does exist, sorry.
Perhaps a method to delete it does exist, anyone knowledgeable out there willing to share?
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Hi. I'm not sure why but whenever I select the "Allow guests to log into this computer" checkbox, the Guest Account never changes from "Disabled" and the checkbox selection does not remain after I reboot.
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Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini ReportCrash[182]: Formulating crash report for process securityd[23]
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SecurityServer[23]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 179 PPID 1 SecurityAgent
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SecurityServer[23]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 178 PPID 1 authorizationhos
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SecurityServer[23]): Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
Mar 20 17:48:40 Mini ReportCrash[182]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/securityd2009-03-20-174840Mini.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Mar 20 17:49:41 Mini /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit[171]: SessionGetInfo(0xffffffff) -> Mach 268435459
Mar 20 17:49:41 Mini /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit[171]: CSBackToMyMac::_SCSecKeychainCopySystemKeychain returned NULL
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Content s/MacOS/quicklookd[190]: SessionGetInfo(0xffffffff) -> Mach 1102
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Content s/MacOS/quicklookd[190]: GetOurLSSessionIDInit(), returned error 0xe2, securitySessionID=0x0 attrs=0 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[62]: Client must provide a valid sessionID but passed 0, 0x0/0x0 version=10500000 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Content s/MacOS/quicklookd[190]: LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[62]: Client must provide a valid sessionID but passed 0, 0x0/0x0 version=10500000 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:49 Mini /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Content s/MacOS/quicklookd[190]: LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash[191]: SessionGetInfo(0xffffffff) -> Mach 1102
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash[191]: GetOurLSSessionIDInit(), returned error 0xe2, securitySessionID=0x0 attrs=0 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[62]: Client must provide a valid sessionID but passed 0, 0x0/0x0 version=10500000 uid=502 euid=502. cf Radar 5123589.
Mar 20 17:49:53 Mini /System/Library/CoreServices/ReportCrash[191]: LaunchServices/5123589: coreservicesd is running an unsupported version, 0 ( we are 10500000 ), so we cannot talk to it.
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Mar 20 17:49:54 Mini ReportCrash[195]: Formulating crash report for process ReportCrash[191]
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Mar 20 17:49:54 Mini com.apple.launchd[108] (com.apple.ReportCrash[191]): Exited abnormally: Abort trap
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