NOTE: You, the customer, are solely responsible for data security. WinBook strongly recommends that you perform a backup of all personal data contained on your system prior to performing this procedure. Warning: WinBook will NOT be held responsible for any data loss incurred during this process.

Note:  Your user account identifies your user name and password, the groups of which you're a member, which network resources you have access to, and your personal files and settings.  Each person who regularly uses the computer can  have a user account.   A user name and password, both of which the user types when logging on to the computer, identify the user account.

Note: Only the Administrator account can create and modify user accounts after logging into the computer. If the password is lost for the Administrator there is no way to get it back or to change it, the only option is to format the hard drive and reinstall Windows 2000.

1. Login to Windows 2000 as the Administrator or using a user account that has Administrator privileges. 
2. Click on Start go to Settings and then click on Control Panel.
3. Once in Control Panel double-click on User and Passwords.
4. Click on the check box next to Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer to activate the user account feature of Windows 2000.
5. Click on Add to add a new user account.
6. Fill in the user's information, User Name, Full Name, and Description (short description for the account).  Click on Next.
7. Type in a password for the user account in the Password field and repeat it in the Confirm Password field.  Click on Next.
8. Next, choose the Group (level of access) that the user to be allowed to have. Click on Finish.

Note: For information on the rights and privileges that each user group has read the documentation in the Windows 2000 help file, by searching for "User Groups  described, permissions"

Please Note: There are many other options and settings available when configuring and maintaining user accounts.  Please refer to the Windows 2000 documentation for more in depth coverage of the material.

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