Why can't I switch to a guest account?

Hi guys!
So, my girlfriend recently let someone borrow her computer, so she needs to use mine. I have a long and complicated password (good for me) that she can't remember, so I thought it would be easiest if she just logged in to the Guest account on my computer. I set it up, and enabled fast user switching, but for some reason whenever I try to switch users (whether through the menu bar menu or through the login dialog that appears after my computer has gone to sleep), it goes to the login screen (good), and I click on guest (good) and then it does the little shaking thing that it does if you, say, enter the wrong password (bad). Since there is no password for the guest account, I don't know what I'm doing wrong! How can I fix this? Happy to give whatever other information you need.
Thanks!

Hello,
Did you read Julie Pao's answer on this thread ?
Or you can simply create another user account with a password for your girlfriend.
Hope this will help.

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