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How to set a password on a user account

This tutorial is going to show how to set up passwords for your user accounts, giving the users of your computer and yourself more privacy and security. By setting a password you are also protecting the user from some of the many threats that that out there, as having a password on a user account gives only the user access to their account assuming they are responsible with mentioned password.


Step One

Click on Start and select Run
Or
Hold down the windows key and Press R then click OK

Start menu Displaying Run

Step Two

Type in nusrmgr.cpl then Click OK

Run dialog displaying nusrmgr.cpl

Step Three

Click the User Account that you wish to set a password for.
I'll be using the Account Name (Example) Account

select the account you wish to set a password on

Step Four

Click on Create a Password

Create a Password

Step Five

Enter a Password you would like to use and then again into the confirm box
Don't worry about the password hint box unless you think you are going to forget your password.
Never put your password into the hint box!

setup your password

Step Six

Once you have entered your password Click on Create Password

Create password

Done!

That's all there is to it! A password has now been set for the account you was editing so the next time you log into that account and everytime here after you will need to enter the password you have just set before you will be given access.


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