Create a user account

To create a new user account, click the Start button and then click "Control Panel". Under "User Accounts and protection" click on "Add or remove user accounts". In the window that appears, select "Create a new account. Name the account and select the type "Standard user" or "Administrator" before clicking on the button "Create account".

Modify a user account

The various accounts that you created appear in the "Manage Accounts". They are all represented by a small colored sticker.

Click on a thumbnail to change the characteristics of the account that is associated. Among the choices, you can rename the account, change its image and even his type. Click on the links to do if you wish. But two elements require special attention: the password and parental control.

Password

For data security, better that each administrator account at least be protected by a password. To do this, click on "Create a password" and then in the "New password" which places the mouse cursor, enter your password. Confirm it in the "Confirm password" and confirm by clicking "Create a password".

Parental Control

Particularly useful in the case of an account used by a child or adolescent, parental control can set certain rules for use of the computer. You can limit the times when your children are allowed to use, prevent them from playing or using certain types of programs and then set limits for Internet use.

For the parental control settings to be effective and accessible, we need all administrator accounts are protected by a password.

To set parental control of an account, click on the link "Configure Parental Controls" and then on the thumbnail to settle. In the window that appears, first select "Enabled, the current applied," then under "Windows Settings", click on each link for conducting the appropriate settings. Click "OK" to save all these settings and close the window by clicking on the red X in the upper right.

Start account

If multiple user accounts have been defined, Windows to start the computer asks you to choose which of them it will open. The home screen shows thumbnails of the different accounts available. Click the account you want to use, if necessary enter the password associated with it and click the small arrow next to the field. Windows starts in the Office of the selected account.

Change from one account to another

To change the user account when the computer is used, click the Start button to display the Start menu and then click the little arrow in the bottom right next to the "Stop" button. In the menu that appears, choose "Switch User".

At that time, a new window appears, but the user session in progress is not stopped. Your programs and files remain open, even if you open a new account. To do this, click the thumbnail of the user of your choice.

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Although practice, moving from one account to another affects the computer's performance because the first account is not closed by the opening of the second and continues to consume memory. To avoid this problem and close an account before you can open another, instead of "Switch User", select "Log".

Delete a user account

To remove an user account, click the Start button and click Control Panel. Under "Accounts and protect users," click on "Add or Remove User Accounts. In the window that appears, click the thumbnail of the account to delete and click on the link "Delete Account". Choose "Delete Files" or "Keep Files" linked to that account and finally click on the button "Delete Account".

Change the setting of User Account Control

The User Account Control is a security software built into Windows 7, whose role is to prevent programs from changing your system without your consent. Thus, it can warn you in case of action on important files or settings from Windows asking you what to do. You can then choose to validate or invalidate those actions.

There are several levels of settings for User Account Control, more or less reassuring but also more or less annoying in daily use of the computer. As you find the best compromise, given that the level proposed by default "Warn only when programs try to bring changes to my computer", is sufficient for normal use.

To change this setting, you must first open an account administrator. Then, click the Start button and then click Control Panel to open it. From there, click "Accounts and protecting users 'then' User Accounts" and "Change settings of User Account Control". In the window that appears, choose the level you play appropriately with the cursor in height between "Always ask" and "Do not tell me." Click "OK" then "Yes" to confirm.

User Management in Windows 7