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Windows 8 How to Manage Another Account on Windows 8 Computer

How to Manage Another Account on Windows 8

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated

Sometimes, you may want to manage another account in your computer after you have accessed the computer with an administrator account. What can you do to achieve the goal? In this article, you can learn how to manage another account on Windows 8.

Video guide on how to manage another account on Windows 8:

Steps to manage another account on Windows 8 computer:

Step 1: Enter Desktop from the Start menu.

In the Start menu of Windows 8, tap the Desktop icon on the left so as to open it. Please refer to the following picture.

click desktop icon

Step 2: On the desktop, click the folder icon on the left of task bar. As the folder opens, select Desktop on the left and enter Control Panel by double clicking it, as exhibited in the photo below.

enter control panel

Step 3: Choose User Accounts and Family Safety.

choose user accounts

Step 4: Click User Accounts on the top.

choose user accounts

Step 5: Choose Manage another account in the middle, as shown by the photo below.

choose manage another account

Step 6: Select the user you want to make changes to it.

select another user

Step 7: As you can see from the following screen shot, to manage another account, you are able to change the account name, change the password, set up family safety, change the account type and delete the account.

In addition, after selecting one from the options above, follow the system prompts to finish the changes.

change password account name

If you have already understood the above steps, you can apply them to manage another account on your Windows 8 computer. Please remember that hesitation only hinders you to achieve your goal.

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