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To change an account's settings, view the Manage Accounts screen and click an account name. The screen lists several tasks, including the following:

• Change the Account Name-Click to edit the account's username. (Note: If the user has already logged on, this actually changes the name of his or her profile folder in the \Users folder. If this doesn't make sense to you right now, don't worry about it.)

• Create a Password or Change the Password-Click to create or change the account's password. We strongly recommend that you set a password on every user account, or at the very least on every Administrator account.

• Change the Picture-Click to select a different picture to appear on the Start menu and the Welcome screen. You can select one of the pictures supplied by Microsoft or click Browse for More Pictures to locate one of your own images.

• Set Up Parental Controls-Click to control when this user can use the computer, and what games and applications the user can use. (Unlike Windows Vista, website filtering and activity tracking are not standard features with Windows 7-you have to install third-party software for that.)

• Change the Account Type-Click to change the account type from Administrator to Standard User or vice versa.

• Delete the Account-Click to delete the account. You can elect to keep or delete the account's files (documents, pictures, and so on). You can also select and enable the Guest account. The Guest account is a Standard User account that requires no password, and it should be enabled only if you want to provide a computer to guests in your home or office.

At this point on our tour of Windows 7, we recommend that you take a moment now to add a user account for each person who will be using your computer. Definitely set a password on each Administrator account. We recommend that you set a password on each Standard User account as well. After you add your user accounts, continue to the next section.