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a user account is a name or email
address that you use to sign into
Windows 8 by default
your computer has one user account but
if you have several people using the
computer you may want to create a
separate account for each person to
create new accounts you'll need to be
signed in as an administrator if you
only have one account then it will be an
administrator account so you may not
need to worry about this open the charms
bar by hovering the mouse in the lower
right corner and select settings
and then change PC settings
then click accounts and select other
accounts
then add an account at this point you
have two options if you have a Microsoft
account then you can type your email
address here or you can just create a
local account by clicking sign in
without a Microsoft account but it is
best to use a Microsoft account because
it lets you use the Windows Store to buy
apps and it also makes it easier to
access your contacts bookmarks files and
more when you're on a different computer
to go to the next page click Next
if you're creating this account for a
child then you can check this box to
turn on parental controls but you can
always turn those on later if you prefer
click finish to create the account
to switch to the new account click the
account name in the upper right corner
and then select the new account then
type the password and press Enter when
you're signing in to a new account for
the first time or signing in to an
existing account on a different computer
you may be prompted to answer a few
questions first just follow the
directions on the screen and then
windows will set up your account which
may take a few minutes now if you have a
Microsoft account and you go to visit a
friend or relative who has Windows 8 you
can add your account to their computer
using the same procedure that we just
used and then you can log in and access
your files and bookmarks once you've
created your accounts you can manage
them from the control panel and there's
a shortcut for getting there from the
start screen just type control panel and
press ENTER then click user accounts and
family safety then user accounts
and then manage another account this
will show you a list of all the accounts
on your computer every computer is going
to have at least one administrator
account but by default the other
accounts that you create our standard
accounts if you want you can promote a
standard account to an administrator so
that that person can make changes to any
of the settings on the computer but you
may not want to use an administrator
account all the time as it makes it
easier to accidentally change important
settings a better solution is to give
everybody a standard account and only
log on to the administrator account when
you need to change something but if you
are sure that you want to promote the
account click on it and then select
change the account type then choose
administrator and click Change account
type I'm going to click manage another
account to bring us back to the list of
accounts if you'd like to turn on
parental controls you can click setup
Family Safety and then select the
account that you want to change
it should be noted though that in order
to edit parental controls at least one
account will need to be such a child
if activity reporting is turned on
you'll be able to see which apps and web
pages your child is using by clicking
view activity reports and below you have
several options for controlling what
types of content your child can access
you can turn on web filtering to control
what types of websites they can visit
time limits lets you control how much
computer time they have Windows Store
and game restrictions let you select
which ratings you want to allow for apps
and games and app restrictions lets you
choose the specific apps your child is
allowed to use you can change these
settings however you want and you can
always come back to the control panel
whenever you want to change any of your
settings for your accounts and parental
controls