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Windows XP: The Complete Reference
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Chapter 6: Sharing Your Computer with Multiple Users

Chapter Introduction
What Password Protection Does Windows Offer?
What Is a User Account?
What Types of Users Can You Create?
What Are Groups?
What Is a User Profile?
What Configuration Settings Do Local User Accounts Have?
Can Windows XP Keep Files Private?
What Is Simple File Sharing?
What Are Permissions?
What Is Fast User Switching?
Setting Up a Computer for Multiple Users
The User Accounts Window
Displaying Local Users and Groups in the Microsoft Management Console
Controlling How Users Log On
Creating and Deleting Groups
Other Security Options
Creating, Modifying, and Deleting User Accounts
Creating New User Accounts
Modifying User Accounts
Modifying Basic User Account Settings
Modifying Advanced User Account Settings
Changing the Location of the My Documents Folder
Changing the Start Menu for All Users
Adding or Removing Passwords
Enabling and Disabling the Guest Account
Deleting User Accounts
Using a Shared Computer
Logging On
Resuming Work after Locking Windows
Logging Off
Switching Users
Setting the Screen Saver to Require You to Log Back On
Changing Your Password
Keeping Your Files Private
Sharing Files with Other Users
Running a Program as Another User
Managing Multiple Users
Managing Logged-In Users
Unlocking a Locked-Out Account
Setting Quotas for Disk Usage

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