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Managing Your User Account

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3. On the System and Maintenance page, scroll down and then select Administra-

tive Tools.

4. On the Administrative Tools page, double-click Computer Management.

5. In Computer Management, double-click Local Users and Groups under System

Tools and then select the Users node.

6. Right-click the account name and then select Properties. This displays a Proper-

ties dialog box for the account, as shown previously in Figure 18-12.

7. If you want this person to have to change his password the next time he logs on,

select the “User must change password at next logon” checkbox.

8. If you don’t want this person to be able to change his password, select the “User

cannot change password” checkbox.

9. If you don’t want this person’s password to expire, select the “Password never

expires” checkbox.

10. Click OK.

Deleting Local User Accounts

Every account has a user profile and personal folders associated with it. The user

profile stores the desktop configuration and preferences as well as other settings and

data. When an account is no longer needed and you are sure the user has no settings

or personal data that is needed, you can delete the account.

Figure 18-12. Enabling the account for logon