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How to create a new user account in Windows XP

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Thursday November 6, 2008

Creating a User Account for other people who use the home computer has two main benefits. It allows you, the computer administrator, to dictate what other users can and can't do; you can limit their access to certain drives or folders and you can allow or disallow people from installing or uninstalling software. User accounts also allow each individual user to customize Windows to his or her liking, from screen saver to desktop wall paper, default web browser and more.

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- Click on Start then Settings and choose Control Panel.

- In the Control Panel, double-click on User Accounts.

- In the User Accounts window, select Create a new account

- In the account details page, type in a name for the new account and click on Next.

- Select the privilege level for the new account. An Administrator account gives the user full rights to modify settings and files, install or uninstall programs and more. Selecting Limited user account allows you to modify what the user is allowed to do on the computer. You can limit his or her ability to install programs, select which drives or shared folder the user can see and so on.

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