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Setting Password to User Account

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3. Select a new account to start Windows XP again. If you cannot see Switch User in Log Off Windows dialog box, click Change the way users log on or off string in User Accounts dialog box, and check Use Fast User Switching and click Apply Options. Setting Password to User Account You can set a password to each user account to avoid unauthorized use of your computer. Once you set the password, you need to enter it when you log on to its account. You cannot start your computer with the user account if its password is not correct, so unnecessary password setting can cause trouble in starting the system. 2 Setting Password 1. Click start - Control Panel. 2. Click User Accounts. If Classic view is selected, double-click User Accounts icon. 3. Select the account you want to set a password to. You will only have this option if you log onto the computer as a member of the Computer administrators group. If you log on your computer with a limited user account, go to the next step. (You cannot set a password to another user account.) 4. Select Create a password string. • If the password has been already set, Create a password will not appear. • Only the members of the Computer administrators group can set a password to another user account. 5. Type a new password. 6. Type the new password again to confirm it. 7. If necessary, type a password hints word to remember the password you set. 8. Click Create Password. 9. Close the User Accounts dialog box; then, the Control Panel window. Changing Password 1. Follow the steps 1-2 on the previous section. 2. Select the account you want to change, if you log on to your computer as a member of the Computer administrators group. If you log on your computer with 2-13

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3.
Select a new account to start Windows XP again.
If you cannot see
Switch User
in
Log Off Windows
dialog box, click
Change the way users log on or off
string in
User Accounts
dialog box,
and check
Use Fast User Switching
and click
Apply Options
.
Setting Password to User Account
You can set a password to each user account to avoid unauthorized use of your
computer. Once you set the password, you need to enter it when you log on to its
account.
You cannot start your computer with the user account if its password is not
correct, so unnecessary password setting can cause trouble in starting the system.
Setting Password
1.
Click
start
-
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
User Accounts.
If Classic view is selected, double-click
User Accounts
icon
.
3.
Select the account you want to set a password to. You will only have this option
if you log onto the computer as a member of the Computer administrators group.
If you log on your computer with a limited user account, go to the next step.
(You cannot set a password to another user account.)
4.
Select
Create a password
string.
•
If the password has been already set,
Create a password
will not
appear.
•
Only the members of the Computer administrators group can set a
password to another user account.
5.
Type a new password.
6.
Type the new password again to confirm it.
7.
If necessary, type a password hints word to remember the password you set.
8.
Click
Create Password.
9.
Close the
User Accounts
dialog box; then, the
Control Panel
window.
Changing Password
1.
Follow the steps 1-2 on the previous section.
2.
Select the account you want to change, if you log on to your computer as a
member of the Computer administrators group.
If you log on your computer with