eMachines ET1161 8513042 - eMachines Desktop Computer User Guide - Page 80

Start, Control Panel, User Accounts and Family Safety, or remove user accounts, Create a new account

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Chapter 7: To add, delete, or modify user accounts: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, then under User Accounts and Family Safety, click Add or remove user accounts. • To create a new account, click Create a new account, then follow the on-screen instructions to finish the setup. • To change an account, click the account name, then click the option you want to change. • To delete an account, click the account name, then click Delete the account and confirm the deletion of related files. The account is deleted. (You cannot delete the administrator account.) Help For more information about user accounts, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type user accounts in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. To switch between user accounts: 1 Save any open documents that are being worked on in your current account. 2 Click (Start), click the arrow next to the lock icon, then click Switch User or Log Off. • Switch User opens the account selection screen but does not log off the current user, and any programs that were running for the previous user continue to run. • Log Off logs off the current user, then opens the account selection screen. Caution If you click Log Off, any programs that were running may be closed, and unsaved document changes may be lost. 3 Click the user account that you want to use. 74

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Chapter 7:
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To add, delete, or modify user accounts:
1
Click
(
Start
),
Control Panel
, then under
User Accounts and Family Safety
, click
Add
or remove user accounts
.
To create a new account, click
Create a new account
, then follow the on-screen
instructions to finish the setup.
To change an account, click the account name, then click the option you want to change.
To delete an account, click the account name, then click
Delete the account
and confirm
the deletion of related files. The account is deleted. (You cannot delete the administrator
account.)
To switch between user accounts:
1
Save any open documents that are being worked on in your current account.
2
Click
(
Start
), click the arrow next to the lock icon, then click
Switch User
or
Log Off
.
Switch User
opens the account selection screen but does not log off the current user,
and any programs that were running for the previous user continue to run.
Log Off
logs off the current user, then opens the account selection screen.
3
Click the user account that you want to use.
Help
For more information about user accounts, click
Start
, then click
Help and
Support
. Type
user accounts
in the
Search Help
box, then press
E
NTER
.
Caution
If you click
Log Off
, any programs that were running may be closed, and
unsaved document changes may be lost.