User Accounts

Understanding user accounts is not all that hard. Generally when you buy your computer it has two accounts setup on it. One is the administrator account and the other is a guest account.

The Administrator account allows you to change any setting on the computer. The guest account gives access to programs and the internet. The guest account does not have the rights to change settings and is usually used by a visitor or someone like the babysitter.

The first thing you should do when you buy a computer is to password protect the administrator account and secondly make an account for everyone in the family. Also when you make the accounts they should all be limited accounts.

When everyone uses a limited account it reduces the risk of Phishing attempts, trojans, viruses and spyware  from completely taking over your system because certain areas are not accessible when the computer is running in a limited account.

The Administrator account should only be held by you the parent. This account controls the entire computer you can delete files, change settings and override system settings and the only person to do this should be you.