Manage and monitor family safety settings You create computer accounts and designate permission levels from the Family & Other Users pane of the Accounts category page of the Settings window. You can also change the account type from Administrator to Standard User (provided that at least one Administrator account remains on the computer) or vice versa. If you have administrator credentials, you can change these properties for any user account.

Password You can create or change the password.Account picture You can change the picture that identifies you on the Welcome screen and Start menu.Account name You can change the display name that appears on the Welcome screen and Start menu.Any user can change the following details for his or her account: Create a local account that isn’t linked to a Microsoft account.Įvery user account has an associated user account name and can have a user account picture and a password.Create a user account that is linked to an email address, and register that account as a Microsoft account.Create a user account that is linked to an existing Microsoft account.

An administrator can give other people access to the computer in one of three ways:

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