Adding and modifying user accounts, User account tips – Gateway 400 User Manual

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Adding and modifying user accounts

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Adding and modifying user
accounts

You can create and customize a user account for each person who uses your
computer. You can also switch (change) user accounts without turning off your
computer.

User account tips

If you want to create an account for someone, but you do not want that
user to have full access to your computer, be sure to make that account
limited. Remember that limited accounts may not be able to install some
older programs.

If a program or peripheral device is installed in one account, it may not
be available in other accounts. If this happens, install the program or
device in the accounts that need it.

Files created in one account are not accessible from other accounts unless
the files are stored in the Shared Documents folder. The Shared Documents
folder is accessible from all accounts on that computer and from other
computers on the network.

To add, delete, or modify user accounts:

1

Click

Start

, then click

Control Panel

.

2

Click/Double-click the

User Accounts

icon. The User Accounts window

opens.

3

Follow the on-screen instructions to add, delete, or modify a user account.

Help and

Support

For more information about user accounts in Windows XP,
click Start, then click Help and Support.

Type the keyword

user accounts

in the HelpSpot Search

box

, then click the arrow.

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