Being Welcomed to the World of Windows 10
Starting Windows 10 is as easy as turning on your computer — Windows 10 leaps onto the screen automatically with a futuristic flourish. But before you can start working, Windows 10 may throw you a fastball with its first screen: Windows wants you to log on, as shown in Figure 1, by clicking your name.
I’ve customized my Welcome screen. Yours will look different. If you don’t see a username listed for you on the Welcome screen, you have three options:
When you’re through working or just feel like taking a break, log off so that somebody else can use the computer. Later, when you log back on, your messy desktop will be waiting for you.
Although you may turn your desktop into a mess, it’s your own mess. When you return to the computer, your letters will be just as you saved them. Jerry hasn’t accidentally deleted your files or folders while playing Widget Squash. Tina’s desktop contains links to her favorite Web sites. And all of Steve’s Miles Davis MP3s stay in his own personalized Music folder.
Of course, the first big question boils down to this: How do you customize the picture next to your username, like my face in Figure 2? After you’ve logged on, open the Start menu, click the little picture at the left of the Start menu, and choose Change account settings.. Windows conveniently opens a menu where you can choose Browse for one.
By typing a secret password when logging on, as shown in Figure 2, you enable your computer to recognize you and nobody else. If you protect your username with a password, nobody can access your files (except for the computer’s administrator, who can peek anywhere — and even delete your account).
To set up or change your password, follow these steps:
1. Click the Start button, click you account name and click Change account settings.
2. Click Sign-in Option.
3. Click Password. Choose Add or Change. The wording that you see depends on whether you’re creating a new password or changing an old one.
4. Type a password that will be easy for you — and nobody else — to remember. Keep your password short and sweet: the name of your favorite vegetable, for example, or your dental floss brand. To beef up its security level, embed a number in the password, like 3carrots or Ski2Alps. (Don’t use these exact two examples, though, because they’ve probably been added to every password cracker’s arsenal by now.)
5. Retype that same password in the Confirm password box, so Windows knows you’re not making a typo.
6. Type a hint that reminds you — and only you — of your password.
Click Next.
7. Click the Finish button.
Once you’ve created the password, Windows 10 begins asking for your password whenever you log on.
✓ Passwords are case-sensitive. The words Caviar and caviar are considered two different passwords.
✓ Forgotten your password already? When you type a password that doesn’t work, Windows 10 automatically displays your hint, which should help to remind you of your password. Careful, though — anybody can read your hint, so make sure that it’s something that makes sense only to you.
I’ve customized my Welcome screen. Yours will look different. If you don’t see a username listed for you on the Welcome screen, you have three options:
- If you just bought the computer, use the account named Administrator. Designed to give the owner full power over the computer, the Administrator account user can set up new accounts for other people, install programs, start an Internet connection, and access all the files on the computer — even those belonging to other people. Windows 10 needs at least one person to act as administrator.
- Use the Guest account. Designed for household visitors, this account lets guests, such as the babysitter or visiting relatives, use the computer emporarily. (It’s turned on or off in the Add or Remove User Accounts area)
- No Guest account and no user? Then find out who owns the computer and beg that person to set up a username for you.
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| Figure 1 |
Fiddling around with user accounts
Windows 10 allows several people to work on the same computer, yet it keeps everybody’s work separate. To do that, it needs to know who’s currently sitting in front of the keyboard. When you log on — introduce yourself — by clicking your username, as shown in Figure 1, Windows 10 presents your personalized desktop, ready for you to make your own personalized mess.When you’re through working or just feel like taking a break, log off so that somebody else can use the computer. Later, when you log back on, your messy desktop will be waiting for you.
Although you may turn your desktop into a mess, it’s your own mess. When you return to the computer, your letters will be just as you saved them. Jerry hasn’t accidentally deleted your files or folders while playing Widget Squash. Tina’s desktop contains links to her favorite Web sites. And all of Steve’s Miles Davis MP3s stay in his own personalized Music folder.
Of course, the first big question boils down to this: How do you customize the picture next to your username, like my face in Figure 2? After you’ve logged on, open the Start menu, click the little picture at the left of the Start menu, and choose Change account settings.. Windows conveniently opens a menu where you can choose Browse for one.
Keeping your account private with a password
Because Windows 10 lets bunches of people use the same computer, how do you stop Rob from reading Diane’s love letters to Henry Rollins? How can Josh keep Grace from deleting his Star Wars movie trailers? Windows 10’s optional password solves some of those problems.By typing a secret password when logging on, as shown in Figure 2, you enable your computer to recognize you and nobody else. If you protect your username with a password, nobody can access your files (except for the computer’s administrator, who can peek anywhere — and even delete your account).
To set up or change your password, follow these steps:
1. Click the Start button, click you account name and click Change account settings.
2. Click Sign-in Option.
3. Click Password. Choose Add or Change. The wording that you see depends on whether you’re creating a new password or changing an old one.
4. Type a password that will be easy for you — and nobody else — to remember. Keep your password short and sweet: the name of your favorite vegetable, for example, or your dental floss brand. To beef up its security level, embed a number in the password, like 3carrots or Ski2Alps. (Don’t use these exact two examples, though, because they’ve probably been added to every password cracker’s arsenal by now.)
5. Retype that same password in the Confirm password box, so Windows knows you’re not making a typo.
6. Type a hint that reminds you — and only you — of your password.
Click Next.
7. Click the Finish button.
Once you’ve created the password, Windows 10 begins asking for your password whenever you log on.
✓ Passwords are case-sensitive. The words Caviar and caviar are considered two different passwords.
✓ Forgotten your password already? When you type a password that doesn’t work, Windows 10 automatically displays your hint, which should help to remind you of your password. Careful, though — anybody can read your hint, so make sure that it’s something that makes sense only to you.
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