It is mandatory to first understand what a user account actually is. This account can be described as a collection of information which tells the Operating System (Windows in this case) to allow access to certain kind of files and folders for certain users. It tells Windows about personal preferences of user like his desktop background, etc. The basic objective behind creating user accounts is that one can share one’s computer with different people and can still maintain individual settings as well as keep the concerned files and folders confidential. There are three types of user accounts in general:
Administrator: This user account is kept by the owner of the computer. The administrator has all the rights including add or delete users.
Guest: These rights are provided to those users who temporarily visit to access the computer system.
Standard: This user account is used for day-to-day computing. Hence, every user account gives different rights to the users. In short, user account determines which specific rights and permissions you have on a particular computer.
To create a user account you will have to perform the following steps:
Step 1: Click start button on your computer and select ‘Control Panel’.
Step 2: When control panel, you will find ‘User Accounts and Family Safety’. Select the option ‘Add or remove user accounts’ below the aforementioned heading.
Step 3: After this, you will be in the Manage Accounts section which will appear like this:
Step 4: In this screen, you will view various accounts which are already being installed in the computer system. In order to create a new account you should click on ‘Create a new account’ option.
Step 5: After this, you will see ‘Create New Account’ screen where you should enter the account name. This account name can be the name of a person, company or any designation. Then, you will have to decide which type of account you want to create whether it is administrator account or standard account. If you make an administrator account, you will have all rights to install and remove programs and you can even delete or add new user accounts. If it is a standard user account, then you can use it for daily computing.
Generally, it is advisable to have one administrator account and provide the rest of the users with a standard account as it helps in preventing your computer from viruses or malware.
When you are finished with the process of entering the name and providing access rights to the account, click on ‘Create Account’ button and your new user account has been created. This new account will be visible in the ‘Manage Accounts’ screen. You can reboot the Operating System and view the newly created account on Windows startup screen along with others.