Windows 10 Step by Step, Second Edition

11. Manage user accounts and settings

In this chapter

• Understand user accounts and permissions

• Create and manage user accounts

• Manage account pictures and passwords

• Customize your sign-in options

• Synchronize settings across computers

Computers have become an integral part of our lives. We store personal and business information on them, and use them to access financial and social information online. That information might be protected by a password, but the password could easily be accessible to any other person who is using your computer. To protect your privacy and the integrity of your information, it is important to control who can sign in to your computer or tablet, and what they can do when they’re signed in.

Computer access is managed ...