How to create new user and set the privilege for this account on windows 8
2014-07
How to create new user and set the privilege for this account on windows 8?
Since 3 of my family share the same computer, and I hope I could keep their privacy from each other.
How can I do that?
The short version:
- Start, Settings, Users, Add a user
- Check "This is a child's account"
Create a new user
To create a new user, open Start and search for Users
under Settings
.
This should open up to the PC settings
page on the Users
tab
Add another user
Select Add user
under Other Users
Complete the Add a user
wizard. There should be an option to set up family safety, but if you miss it our it doesn't show simply:
Limit the account privileges
Once you've finished adding the new user, open Start and search for Change account type
Select the user you would like to change
Click on the account you would like to modify
Change account type
Then select Change account type
and choose 'Standard'.
Manage another account
You should return to the following screen, select Manage another account.
Family safety
Now choose Set up Family Safety
and configure appropriately.
The process for creating local (non Microsoft Live) accounts is the same as in Windows 7, for the most part. You can link accounts to Live at a latter stage as well if you want.
My preferred way to add accounts is through the Computer Management.
Open it by typing compmgmt.msc
on that Start Screen or right clicking Computer in Explorer and choosing Manage.
Expand "Local Users and Groups", right click "Users" and choose "New User."
Fill out the form, click create. You will have a new user that has no Admin rights. If you want to muck around with group for permissions, etc. you can do that from this console as well.
- Go to the charms bar.
- Click on the search button (first button)
- Click on settings.
- Search for "Create an account".
- Click "Add a new user in PC Settings".
- Scroll down and click "Add a new user".
- Choose whether the account be a Microsoft account or Local Account.
- When finished go to the search again and search for "Make changes to accounts"
If a local account: 1. Click on user. 2. Click on "Change the account type". 3. Make sure that it is a Standard user.
If Microsoft account: Not sure about here. Just testing.
Possible Duplicate:
What gets synced across computers using the same Windows Live ID?
I have multiple Windows 8 systems and I use the same Windows Live ID for all of them. The benefit of using a Windows Live ID is that it syncs settings between my various Windows 8 computers. But it's annoying that it syncs the same desktop picture to each system. I want a different picture on each system.
How can I choose what settings my Windows Live account syncs between Windows 8 systems?
If you use a Windows Live ID as your account ID for multiple Windows 8 systems, it will sync various settings between all the computers, which is beneficial in most cases.
However, if you prefer not to sync all or some settings, you can change this.
Go to the Start menu, type Sync Settings
and under the 'Settings' section click "Sync your Settings".
You can choose to sync (or not) your:
- System colors, background, lock screen settings, account picture
- Desktop themes, high contrast, etc.
- Passwords, sign in info
- Ease of Access settings for Narrator, Magnifier, etc.
- Keyboard and language preferences
- App settings
- and other Windows settings for Explorer, the mouse, etc.