STIGUI
V-220715CAT III — Low severitySV-220715r991589_rule

Standard local user accounts must not exist on a system in a domain.

Rule version WN10-00-000085 · STIG v3 · 2025-09-24

Discussion

To minimize potential points of attack, local user accounts, other than built-in accounts and local administrator accounts, must not exist on a workstation in a domain. Users must log on to workstations in a domain with their domain accounts.

Check

For standalone or nondomain-joined systems, this is Not Applicable.

Run "Computer Management".

Navigate to System Tools >> Local Users and Groups >> Users.

If local users other than the accounts listed below exist on a workstation in a domain, this is a finding.

Built-in Administrator account (Disabled) Built-in Guest account (Disabled) Built-in DefaultAccount (Disabled) Built-in defaultuser0 (Disabled) Built-in WDAGUtilityAccount (Disabled) Local administrator account(s)

All of the built-in accounts may not exist on a system, depending on the Windows 10 version.

Fix

Limit local user accounts on domain-joined systems. Remove any unauthorized local accounts.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-220715
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-220715r991589_rule
Check ID
C-22430r890421_chk
Fix ID
F-22419r890422_fix