How to disable guest user account on iMAC

I upgraded to Lion and now I have a guest user account on the log in screen. I want to disable this account. How do I get rid of it?

System Preferences > Users & Groups > Guest User (you may need to authenticate) and uncheck "Allow guests to log in to this computer".

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