User accounts and fast user switching, Adding user accounts – Dell OptiPlex 740 User Manual
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8.
Click Finish.
To transfer data to the new computer:
1.
On the Now go to your old computer screen on the new computer, click Next.
2.
On the Where are the files and settings? screen, select the method you chose for transferring your settings and files and click Next. Follow the
instructions on the screen.
The wizard reads the collected files and settings and applies them to your new computer.
When all of the settings and files have been applied, the Finished screen appears.
3.
Click Finished and restart the new computer.
User Accounts and Fast User Switching
Adding User Accounts
After the operating system is installed, the administrator or a user with administrator rights can create additional user accounts.
Windows Vista
1.
Click the Windows Vista Start button
and click Control Panel.
2.
Click Add or remove user accounts.
If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click Continue or type an administrator password and click Submit.
3.
In the Manage Accounts window, click Create a new account.
4.
Type the name you want to use for the new account and click the account type you want.
5.
Click Create Account.
The new account name appears in the User Accounts window.
Windows XP
1.
Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
2.
In the Control Panel window, click User Accounts.
3.
Under Pick a task, click Create a new account.
4.
Under Name the new account, type the name of the new user and click Next.
5.
Under Pick an account type, click one of the following options:
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Computer administrator — You can change all computer settings.
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Limited — You can change only your own personal settings, such as your password. You cannot install programs or use the Internet.
6.
Click Create Account.
NOTE:
For more information about this procedure, search support.dell.com for document #154781 (What Are The Different Methods To Transfer Files From
My Old Computer To My New Dell™ Computer Using the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Operating System?).
NOTE:
Access to the Dell™ Knowledge Base document may not be available in certain countries.
NOTE:
Additional options may be available, depending on whether you are using Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional. Also, options
available in Windows XP Professional vary depending on whether your computer is connected to a domain.