Chapter 7. Create User Accounts and Set Parental Controls

  • Understand how user accounts play a role on a single PC and a network PC

  • Select appropriate account types for your users

  • Create a user account

  • Configure account properties

  • Set parental controls on any account

USER ACCOUNTS help you keep the data on your PC and your network safe. User accounts give people who have been given access to the computer and network the ability to keep their private data private, while also easily sharing data they regard as public.

User accounts are also created to personalize the computer for each user. Information saved in a user account tells the Windows Vista operating system what folders are a user’s defaults and what each user has configured as their Desktop background, ...

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