Sharing Your Computer - Sharp PC-AL27 - Actius AL27 - Mobile Athlon 64 1.6 GHz Operation Manual

Sharing Your Computer

If you are sharing the computer with your colleagues or family members, set a user
account for each person. Every user can choose their favorite desktop setting, web site
lists, or make their own My Documents folder etc., and save them to their user
accounts. When you turn on the computer, select your user account.
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Setting New User Account
1. Click start - Control Panel.
2. Click User Accounts. If Classic view is selected, double-click the User Accounts
icon.
3. Click the Create a new account string.
4. Type a name for the new account and click Next.
5. Select the account type; then, click Create Account. If you have selected a
Limited account, then that user account has limits for using the computer. See the
Help and Support Center in the start menu for more details.
6. Close the User Accounts dialog box; then, the Control Panel window.
If more than one user account are set to the computer, you must select which user
account you will log in when you turn on the computer.
Log Off Your Computer
"Log off" is useful because you do not have to turn off the computer when you finish
your task and pass the computer to another person. There are two ways to log off the
computer, Switch User or Log Off.
If you select Switch User, you can pass the computer to another person without
closing your current applications. For example, if you are viewing a Web site, and
your colleague needs to open a program on the computer, use Switch User. You can
then view the same Web site by just switching users after your colleague finishes with
the computer.
If you select Log Off, the system will close all your session and you need to save your
files before logging off the computer.
1. Click start - Log Off.
2. Select Switch User or Log Off. If you select Log Off, the dialog box asking you
to save the data may appear.
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