WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:16.320 A user account is a name or email address that you use to sign in to Windows 8. By default, 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:21.790 your computer has one user account. But if you have several people using the computer, 00:00:21.790 --> 00:00:25.500 you may want to create a separate account for each person. 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:30.619 To create new accounts, you'll need to be signed in as an administrator. If you only 00:00:30.619 --> 00:00:35.570 have one account, then it will be an administrator account, so you may not need to worry about 00:00:35.570 --> 00:00:36.760 this. 00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:43.760 Open the Charms bar by hovering the mouse in the lower-right corner, and select Settings, 00:00:44.980 --> 00:00:51.980 and then Change PC Settings. Then, click Accounts, select Other Accounts, then Add an Account. 00:01:01.930 --> 00:01:06.720 At this point, you have two options: If you have a Microsoft account, then you can type 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:12.950 your email address here, or you can just create a Local account by clicking Sign in without 00:01:12.950 --> 00:01:18.429 a Microsoft account. But it is best to use a Microsoft account, because it lets you use 00:01:18.429 --> 00:01:23.940 the Windows Store to buy apps, and it also makes it easier to access your contacts, bookmarks, 00:01:23.940 --> 00:01:27.630 files, and more when you're on a different computer. 00:01:27.630 --> 00:01:32.979 To go to the next page, click Next. 00:01:32.979 --> 00:01:37.750 If you're creating this account for a child, then you can check this box to turn on Parental 00:01:37.750 --> 00:01:41.259 Controls. But you can always turn those on later if you prefer. 00:01:41.259 --> 00:01:48.060 And then click Finish to create the account. 00:01:48.060 --> 00:01:54.920 To switch to the new account, click the account name in the upper-right corner, and then select 00:01:54.920 --> 00:02:01.920 the new account. Then type the password and press Enter. *When you're signing into a new 00:02:04.550 --> 00:02:09.629 account for the first time, or signing into an existing account on a different computer, 00:02:09.629 --> 00:02:15.110 you may be prompted to answer a few questions first. Just follow the directions on the screen, 00:02:15.110 --> 00:02:19.530 and then Windows will set up your account - which may take it a few minutes. 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:24.450 Now if you have a Microsoft account, and you go to visit a friend or relative who has Windows 00:02:24.450 --> 00:02:30.060 8, you can add your account to their computer using the same procedure that we just used, 00:02:30.060 --> 00:02:36.160 and then you can log in and access your files and bookmarks. 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:40.860 Once you've created your accounts, you can manage them from the Control Panel. And there's 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:46.410 a shortcut for getting there from the Start screen: Just type Control Panel and press 00:02:46.410 --> 00:02:53.410 Enter. Then, click User Accounts and Family Safety, User Accounts, and then Manage Another 00:02:58.210 --> 00:03:03.790 Account. This will show you a list of all of the accounts on your computer. 00:03:03.790 --> 00:03:09.400 Every computer is going to have at least one Administrator account, but by default, the 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:14.819 other accounts that you create are Standard accounts. If you want, you can promote a Standard 00:03:14.819 --> 00:03:19.730 account to an Administrator, so that person can make changes to any of the settings on 00:03:19.730 --> 00:03:25.420 the computer. But you may not want to use an Administrator account all the time, as 00:03:25.420 --> 00:03:30.520 it makes it easier to accidentally change important settings. A better solution is to 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:35.520 give everybody a Standard account, and only log in to the Administrator account when you 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.030 need to change something. 00:03:38.030 --> 00:03:43.500 But if you are sure that you want to promote the account, click on it, and then select 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:50.500 Change the account type. Then choose Administrator and click Change Account Type. 00:03:53.490 --> 00:03:59.880 I'm going to click Manage Another Account to bring us back to the list of accounts. 00:03:59.880 --> 00:04:05.970 If you'd like to turn on Parental Controls, you can click Set up Family Safety, and then 00:04:05.970 --> 00:04:12.220 select the account that you want to change. It should be noted though, that In order to 00:04:12.220 --> 00:04:17.750 edit Parental Controls, at least one account will need to be set to Child. 00:04:17.750 --> 00:04:22.190 If Activity reporting is turned on, you'll be able to see which apps and webpages your 00:04:22.190 --> 00:04:29.190 child is using by clicking View activity reports. And below, you have several options for controlling 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:34.780 which types of content your child can access. You can turn on Web filtering to control what 00:04:34.780 --> 00:04:40.520 types of websites they can visit. Time Limits lets you control how much computer time they 00:04:40.520 --> 00:04:45.550 have. Windows Store and game restrictions let you select which ratings you want to allow 00:04:45.550 --> 00:04:51.210 for apps and games. And App Restrictions lets you choose the specific apps that your child 00:04:51.210 --> 00:04:53.540 is allowed to use. 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:57.380 You can change these settings however you want, and you can always come back to the 00:04:57.380 --> 00:05:01.840 Control Panel whenever you want to change any of the settings for your accounts and 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:03.069 Parental Controls.