Windows 7 Step by Step- P3

Windows 7 Step by Step- P3: Experience learning made easy and quickly teach yourself the essentials of working with Windows 7. With STEP BY STEP, you set the pace building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Learn to manage windows and folders, sort and filter files, create an efficient Windows working environment, and safely access the Internet. You’ll learn how to install and manage software and hardware, create and manage homegroups, share content with other computers and computer users, and instantly locate content stored on your PC or network. You’ll also learn how to fine-tune...
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Windows 7 Step by Step- P3 Managing a User Account 51 If you have administrator credentials, you can change these properties for any user account . You can also change the account type from administrator to standard user (provided at least one administrator account remains on the computer) or vice versa . Windows 7 comes with many user account pictures, depicting a variety of animals, sports, and interests . You can personalize your user account by selecting the picture that most closely matches your personality or interests . If you don’t like any of the pictures provided, you can use one of your own . You can use .bmp, .gif, .jpg, or .png files as user account pic- tures . The original graphic can be any size, but the user account picture is always displayed as a square . If you select a graphic whose height and width are not the same, the graphic will be stretched or cropped to a square shape when displayed . In this exercise, you’ll change the type of the account you created in the previous exercise . You’ll change the account picture first to one provided by Windows 7 and then to a custom image . Finally, you’ll assign a password to the account . SET UP You need the Angel account you created in the previous exercise and the Angelic image located in your DocumentsMicrosoft PressWindows7SBSAccounts folder to complete this exercise. You also need administrator account credentials. Display the Manage Accounts window of Control Panel, and then follow the steps. 1. In the Manage Accounts window, click Angel . The Change An Account window opens . The Change An Account window displays the options for changing the selected account. Tip The user account picture assigned to your Angel account might be different than ours because pictures are randomly assigned. 2. Click Change the account type .Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 52 Chapter 2 Manage User Accounts The Change Account Type window opens . You can change a user account from Standard User to Administrator and vice versa. 3. With Standard user selected, click Change Account Type . In the Change An Account window, Standard user now appears under Angel’s user account name . 4. Click Change the picture . The Choose Picture window opens . The Choose Picture window displays the user account pictures that come with Windows 7, and any custom images you’ve used.Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Managing a User Account 53 5. Click any picture that you want, and then click Change Picture . In the Change An Account window, the picture has changed . 6. In the Change an Account window, click Change the picture . Then below the thumbnails in the Choose Picture window, click Browse for more pictures . 7. In the left pane of the Open dialog box, click Libraries . Then in the center pane, double-click Documents, double-click Microsoft Press, double-click Windows7SBS, and then double-click Accounts . 8. Click the Angelic image, and then click Open to switch to that picture . The Change An Account window displays the selected user account picture for Angel’s account . 9. Click Create a password . The Create Password window opens . You can enter the password and a hint to remind you if you forget it. 10. In the New password box, type wOOfw00f! (with two capital letter Os and two zeros) . Then press the Tab key to move to the next field . To ensure the secrecy of the password, the characters are displayed as dots as you type .Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. 54 Chapter 2 Manage User Accounts 11. In the Confirm new password box, retype wOOfw00f! 12. In the Type a password ...