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This document was last updated on the 8 December, 2007

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Creating a new user account on Windows Vista Business Edition

On the Windows PC, Start -> Control Panel

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This will bring up the following window.

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Click on User Accounts.

choose a printer

Click on Add or remove user accounts which brings up this screen.

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Click Create a new account

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This will bring up the new account screen.

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Generally I would advise creating an account which uses lower case and no spaces. If you are wanting to share files or a printer with a Mac then use your Mac shortname and password. In this example I am using my Mac shortname, ifelix.

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When sharing files a standard user account is generally acceptable, however you may need to have an administrator account in order to share a printer.

Click the Create Account button. This will then bring back the Manage Accounts page.

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You now need to give the account a password, select the correct account, in this example I have clicked the ifelix account.

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Click Create a password

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As this is a new account you do not need to worry about the warning.

Generally I would advise creating a password which uses lower case and no spaces and is something like fgh678weyu5. If you are wanting to share files or a printer with a Mac then use your Mac password.