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The steps for adding another account depend on whether it’s for a family

member or not. What’s the difference? Well, if it’s a family member, then
when you sign into any other Windows 10 computer, the rest of your
family’s accounts will appear on that machine, too, ready to use.

Also, if it’s a family member who’s a kid, you’ll get periodic email reports

on what he’s been doing with his computer time, as described on “Family
Features (Parental Controls)”.

Finally, a family member must sign in with a Microsoft account, as

described on “Local Accounts vs. Microsoft Accounts”. If you want to
create a local account, you have to use the “Other users” option described in
a moment.

Adding a Family Member

Let’s start with the steps for adding a family member. Assuming that you

are, in fact, signed in with an administrator account, start at → →
Accounts → “Family & other users.” Figure 18-2, top, shows you what this
screen looks like.

Note

Your Settings screens may refer to either “people” or “users,” but the steps are the same either
way.

Select “Add a family member.” Now you see the screen shown at bottom in

Figure 18-2.

Choose either “Add a child” or “Add an adult,” and then enter the email
address for that person’s Microsoft account. It doesn’t have to be a

Microsoft email address (like one that ends in @hotmail.com, @live.com,
or @outlook.com).

And what if this relative of yours has no email address? Choose “The

person I want to add doesn’t have an email address.” You’ll be given the