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seeting up vista user accounts

when i set my new pc with vista for the first time how do i open a user account and do i need to open an administrators account or not bother please advise and if i do need an administrator account how would i set that up,im the only person that uses my pc so maybe i dont need to?

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  • 4743hudsonj
    4743hudsonj Posts: 3,298 Forumite
    wilson1973 wrote: »
    when i set my new pc with vista for the first time how do i open a user account and do i need to open an administrators account or not bother please advise and if i do need an administrator account how would i set that up,im the only person that uses my pc so maybe i dont need to?

    when you first open your laptop it will make you create at least one account

    this by default will be the administrator account

    if you are the sole user then you just keep this one user account as it is all you need
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 4,466 Forumite
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    You'll be prompted for your name and a password during installation, this will be the account you use. You don't need an administrator account, you allow programs to be ran with administrative privileges rather than being logged in as one all of the time.
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