Creating a Microsoft user account
Creating a new Microsoft user account
is easy. You should have one standard account for your day-to-day
computing, plus one standard account for every other person who will
use your computer. Microsoft accounts require passwords, so you must
set up a password when you create a new Microsoft account.
Keep in mind that each user account has its own
collection of files, Xbox Live settings, Windows Phone information,
apps, and settings.
Tip
If you’ve been using your administrative
account for a while, you may not want to create a new standard account
from scratch. Better to create a new administrative account from
scratch and then change your current account from an administrative
account to a standard account. That way, you won’t have to move files
from your current account to the new account.
To create a new Microsoft user account, display
the Charms Bar, click Settings, click Change PC Settings, and click
Users. Click Add A User Account to get to the Add A User page shown in Figure 3.
Type in an e-mail address for the user account.
If you do not have an e-mail address, see the following section,
“Creating a new e-mail address for a new user account.”
After you type an e-mail address, click Next to see the Add A User window (as shown in Figure 4).
Click Finish to complete the account creation process. You can repeat
the process to create as many user accounts as you wish.
