Windows 11 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 4

Managing User Accounts

IN THIS CHAPTER

Choosing an account type

Weighing the pros and cons of Microsoft accounts

Adding a user (local or Microsoft account)

Adding a child account

Modifying the settings of your accounts

Switching between users

Most Windows PCs have just one user account. Although many PCs are each used by just one person, I think it’s highly likely that people don’t set up multiple user accounts on their PCs because they’re intimidated. Not to worry. I take you through the ins and outs of this process.

Even if you’re the only person who ever uses your PC, you may want to create a second account — another user, as it were — even if the second user is just you. Then again, you may not. And therein lies this chapter’s story.

If you’re running Windows 11 Enterprise or Windows 11 Pro and your PC is connected to a big corporate network (a domain), you have little ...