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How to Add A New User on Windows 8

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated

Adding a user to your Windows 8 computer enables you to log in your computer with the user when you forget the password to your administer account. Furthermore, it is greatly helpful when many people share a computer. As for how to add a user on Windows 8, this article will introduce the steps one by one in the following part.

Tips: If you want to delete/remove a user account, see How to Delete Windows 8 User Account.

Steps to add a user on Windows 8 computer:

Step 1: Click the user icon on the top right corner of the Start menu and select Change account picture in the list, as shown in the picture below.

choose Change account picture

Step 2: In PC settings interface, choose Users on the left and tap Add a user at the bottom of the right side. Please look at the following screen shot.

click the Plus button before add a user

Step 3: Type a user name, enter a password, reenter the password, input password hint and click Next to move to the following step, as the following picture shows.

input user name password

Step 4: Click Finish to complete the changes to PC settings.

tap Finish

With these 4 simple steps, you are able to add a user to your Windows 8 computer in an easy and fast way. Therefore, whenever you want to add a user on Windows 8, you can refer to the steps in this text.

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