How to protect Windows 7 administrator account by password

In windows 7, user account are created when more than one user works on same PC and they do not want to share their data or want to work as an individual. But if the windows user accounts are not protected by password than any new user can open the user accounts.

Administrator account has all the power to create, modify and delete any user account. That’s why administrator account should be protected by the password so that any other may not have access to administrator account.

The steps to create a password for window 7 administrator account are given below:

1.       Open the “start menu”.

2.       Select the “Control Panel”.

3.       Click on “Add or remove user account”.

4.       Select the user account for which you want password protection.

5.       Click on “Create a password”.

6.       Type the password and hint.

7.       Click on “Create Password”.

Now you user account is protected by the password and only you can log in. One important thing is that if your account is not administrator account than the administrator may change or delete your account without requirement of password.

How to create new windows 7 user accounts

Usually PCs are used by more than one user for example in schools and offices. In those cases the owner of PC does not want to give full access to all the application to the user. Here user accounts are very useful. You may create a user account which will be used by general users and they will not have access to all applications of the PC, so there will be no chance of damage to your data and programs.

The steps to create a new user account are given below:

1.       Open the “start menu”.

2.       Select the “Control Panel”.

3.       Click on the “Add or remove user accounts”.

4.       Click on “Create a new account”.

5.       Select the type of account. “Standard user” if you want to give limited access to user Or “Administrator” if you want to give complete access to user.

6.       Click on “Create Account”.

Now your new user account is ready for use and you need to just protect administrator account by password so that user can access only user account not administrator account.