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Tip

If you never had the opportunity to set up a user account when installing Windows—if you bought
a PC with Windows already on it, for example—you may see an account named Owner already in
place. Nobody can use Windows unless there’s at least one administrator account on it, so
Microsoft is doing you a favor here.
Just double-click it and click “Change the account name” to change the name “Owner” to one that
suits you better. Make that account your own using the steps in the following paragraphs.

Editing an Account

Although the process of creating a new account is swift and simple, it
doesn’t offer you much in the way of flexibility. You don’t even have a
chance to specify the new person’s account picture (rubber ducky, flower, or

whatever).

That’s why the next step is usually editing the account you just set up. You
make these sorts of changes in two places: in Settings, and (for Microsoft

accounts) online.

Changing the Account Type

If you’re signed in with an administrator account, you have the power to

change other people’s account types (your choices: administrator or
standard). To do that, open → → Accounts → “Family & other
users.”

Select the account name, choose “Change account type,” and use the drop-
down menu to choose Administrator or Standard User. Hit OK.

Changing Picture, Password, or Microsoft Account

On the “Your info” tab of → → Accounts (Figure 18-1), you can
make changes only to your own account. So if you’ve just created a new

account for somebody, she’ll have to sign in, open this panel, and make the
following changes herself: