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User Account Types

When multiple people share a computer, sometimes settings are accidentally changed.  With user accounts, you can prevent other people from changing your computer settings.

There are two account types.  Computer administrator accounts allow the user to change all computer settings.  Limited accounts allow the user to change only a few settings as indicated below:

Install programs and hardware - Computer Administrator only

Make system wide changes - Computer Administrator only

Access and read all non-private files - Computer Administrator only

Create and delete user accounts - Computer Administrator only

Change other people's accounts - Computer Administrator only

Change your own account and name or type - Computer Administrator only

Change your own pciture - Computer Administrator or Limtied user

Create, change or move your own password - Computer Administrator or Limited user

For complete details, please contact your system administrator or O/S vendor.

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