The user accounts system
allows you to encrypt your data, so it can??™t be read by someone who doesn??™t
know your password, and it makes it possible to securely share your files
with those on your network who do. And it means you can share your PC
with your kids without having to stare at their ???Astronaut on a Surfboard???
desktop wallpaper.
Manage User Accounts
There are actually three different User Accounts dialogs in Windows Vista,
each with a completely different design and ???intended audience,??? so to
speak. The problem is that each tool has a few options not found in the
other, so no single window can be used exclusively to handle all your tasks.
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User Accounts
The primary user accounts interface, found at Control Panel ??? User
Accounts and shown in Figure 8-1, is the one that most users see. It??™s
large, friendly, and unfortunately, somewhat cumbersome.
Adding, customizing, and removing user accounts is extremely easy,
and for the most part, self-explanatory in this window, and that is admirable.
But sometimes you??™ll need one of the alternate dialogs, listed
next, to accomplish some of the more advanced tasks, such as managing
groups and configuring Windows to log in a password-protected
account automatically.
The standard User Accounts window is the only place you
can choose a user??™s picture, shown in both the login dialog
and at the top of Vista??™s Start menu (see ???Massage the Start
Menu??? in Chapter 2).
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