Chapter 7

Sharing Your Computer with Others

If you share your computer with other people, you can create separate user accounts so that each person works only with his own documents, programs, and Windows Vista settings. This chapter shows you how to create and change user accounts, how to log on and off different accounts, how to share documents between accounts, and how to connect and work with a network.

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Display User Accounts

Create a User Account

Switch Between Accounts

Change a User's Name

Protect an Account with a Password

Delete an Account

Set Up Parental Controls

Display User Accounts

To create, change, or delete user accounts, you need ...

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