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Windows XP Security Setup

Step One - password security

 

 

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Here you will find directions to secure a computer running Windows XP Professional Edition that has all of the latest updates installed first. If your computer matches this description you can follow the steps below to make your computer secure 100% Free. When your done your PC will have the latest and greatest security available. Making your computer the most secure it can be.

Each of the steps below can be done in many orders. You can skip steps that you have already done yourself, and you can stop the process or pick up where you left off at any time as well.

"Questions, or if you get stuck along the way feel free to contact us."






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START HERE - PASSWORD PROTECTION
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This is considered one of the biggest security issues known. People not knowing how to set a computer password. This is easy and provides a serious amount of protection. Below are the steps to enable passwords on all the user accounts for your computer.



(Setting up password protection - Step 1)

You must be logged on as a administrator to put a password on anyones account except yours. You can see if your logged on as and administrator by going to:

"Start" button in your bottom left hand corner of your computer screen, then your looking for either the "settings" or "control panel" in the start menu list. You are wanting to get into the control panel. You may have to go through "settings" first, then "control panel".

Once your in the control it will look like one of the " 2 " pictures below. You want to click on the "User accounts" icon like the one shown below in order to look at your account type.








(Setting up password protection - Step 2)

Once you have clicked on the "User Accounts" icon from the "control panel" window like the ones shown above in step 1. You should be looking at your "User Accounts" screen shown in the picture below. Notice the information in the picture below circled in red that shows if the account is a "user" account or an "administrator" account. The one circled below is showing the word "administrator", indicating your logged on as an "administrator". If your computer menu says Administrator by your username. Then you are logged in as an administrator and can set a password on everyones user account. (If you dont know what your username is, we will cover that in the next caption.)






(Setting up password protection - Step 3)

Lets find out your user name for your account. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of your computer screen. It should say your "screen name" in the "start menu". See screen shot below for an example or skip to the next caption for another way to get your user name.




( ANOTHER WAY TO GET YOUR USER NAME, shown below )


If you click on each one of the "user accounts" like the one circled in red below. You will can look for the words "change my name" or "change my password" on the next screen that appears. (go to next picture)





In the picture below. We've circled the words "my" showing you that this is your "user account". Also we've circled your "user name". This shows that you are logged on under that user name. Write down your user name so that you know what it is if you need it later.





(Setting up password protection - Step 3)

At this point we should have figured out what your "user account" is and you need to write that down in case you forget it later.

If you are not signed on as an administrator you will not be able to follow the rest of these steps. If this is your own personal computer that you own. "Click on this link to go to directions of how to sign on or setup an administrator account on your computer so we can proceed".

If you are signed on as an administrator the computer and this is your personal computer. You can continue with all of the rest of the directions for locking down your computer. Being signed on as the administrator gives you the permissions in order to make all of these changes.


Now we are going to go to your "computer management" menu in order to set passwords on everyones account. You can get there by clicking on "start" in your bottom left hand corner of your screen. Then "right clicking" on your "my computer" icon. (If you dont see a my computer icon in your start menu, you can also find your my computer icon on your desktop). Now if you "right clicked" on your "my computer" icon. Then you should "left click" on the "manage" option that appears. Once you "left click" click on manage your screen should look like the picture below. You want to click on the "plus" sign next to "Local Users and Groups". What happens is shown in the next picture.




Once you click on the "plus" sign next to "Local Users and Groups" it expands to show the folders "Users" and "Groups". The folder "Users" shown circled in red below, is the one you need to click on. This will populate all of the computers "user names" in the half of the screen on the right shown below. Then just "right click" on any of the "user names" listed in order to get the option "set password" like the one shown in the picture below. Now "left click" on "set password" and proceed to the next caption.






After you left click on the "set password" option shown above. You should have the screen shown below. Click the "proceed" option like the circled in red in the picture below. Then proceed to the next caption.




After clicking on "proceed" like shown in the picture above. You can just set the password for that "user account" by filling out and following the instructions in the screen print below. Then repeat these past few steps for each one of the different "user accounts" listed in the right half of the "computer management" screen.




 

 

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 March 2008 06:24 )
 


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