Chapter 12

Sharing Your Computer

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If you share your computer with other people, you can create separate user accounts so that each person works only with his own documents, programs, and Windows settings. This chapter shows you how to create and change user accounts, how to log on and off different accounts, how to share documents between accounts, and how to connect and work with a homegroup.

Display User Accounts

Create a User Account

Switch Between Accounts

Change Your User Account Picture

Change a User’s Password

Delete an Account

Create a Homegroup

Join a Homegroup

Share a Document or Folder

View Network Resources

Display User Accounts

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