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Category: WINDOWS 7 USER ACCOUNT

Create, Delete and Modify User Accounts in Windows 7

Good to know Info

This will demonstrate how to create, delete, and modify user accounts in Windows 7.

To invoke the main User Accounts dialogue, follow one of the methods below:

Click the Start logo and typewrite User Accounts into the search box and press enter.

Click the Start logo and then click Control Panel followed by User Accounts and Family Safety and finally User Accounts.

Either method will bring up the following dialogue panel.

This article shows the dialogue panels after you have simply installed Windows 7.

Choice ONE

TO CREATE A USER ACCOUNT

1) Click on Manage another account. This gets up the following dialogue. Ideally you will see two accounts – the Administrator account and the Guest account which is disabled by default.

2) Click on Create a new account to bring up the following dialogue.

3) Type in the wanted name for the account and select the wanted account type (I recommend that only Standard user accounts are created) and then click on Create Account to get the following dialogue.

Choice TWO

TO MODIFY A USER ACCOUNT

1) Look Up the above image and click the name of the account that you wish to modify. Here I am going to modify the account that I have just created.

2) For this example, I am going to modify the picture. Click on Change the picture to bring up the following dialogue.

3) Click on the image that you wish to use and then click Change Picture. This change is exhibited in the image below. Note that I have also produced a password, and that Create a password is now Change the password.

PASSWORD MANIPULATION:
4) To change it, click on Change the password. This brings up the following dialogue.

5) Make any required changes and click Change password.

6) To get rid of it, click on Remove the password. This brings up the following dialogue.

7) Click Remove Password.

CHOICE THREE

TO DELETE A USER ACCOUNT

1) Click on the name of the account that you want to delete. This brings up the under mentioned dialogue.

2) Make the decision as to whether or not you want to preserve the user’s files, and then click on Delete Files or Keep Files as you prefer.

October 28, 2010
Turn the Guest Account On or Off in Windows 7

SELECTIVE INFORMATION:

If you require someone to have temporary access to your computer, you can turn on the guest account. Individuals utilizing the guest account can’t install software or hardware, modify settings, or produce a password.

This article will show how to turn the guest account on or off in Windows 7. By default the guest account is turned off in Windows 7.

Word Of Advice

Since the guest account permits a user to log on to a network, browse the Internet, and shut down the computer, you should turn off the guest account when it isn’t being used.

CHOICE ONE

Turn On Guest Account

1. Open the Control Panel (Click on start logo and click on Control Panel,All Items View).

2. Click on the User Accounts icon.

3. Click on the Manage another account link.

4. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes.

5. Click on the named Guest account.

6. Click on the Turn On button.

7. The guest account is now turned on. End the User Accounts window.

Choice TWO

Turn Off Guest Account

1. Open the Control Panel (Click on start logo and click on Control Panel, All Items View).

2. Click on the User Accounts icon.

3. Click on the Manage another account link.

4. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes.

5. Click on the listed Guest account.

6. Click on the Turn off the guest account link.

7. The guest account is right away turned off. Close the User Accounts window.

October 28, 2010

Category: WINDOWS 7 USER ACCOUNT

Create, Delete and Modify User Accounts in Windows 7

Turn the Guest Account On or Off in Windows 7