How to Create a New Computer User

Series Summary

Computers are complex machines built upon very simple principles. They perform arithmetical operations millions of times over to transform digital information, moving at lightning speed, into usable human data.

A personal computer's job is to help a user create, manipulate, deliver, receive, or delete media content. This is a simple, sterile definition that sounds uninteresting on the surface. Nevertheless, these fundamental functions mimic human ability in some surprising ways. Therefore, the computer is increasingly becoming an engine of the imagination, a platform for the digital life.

The computer’s basic functionality is behind the growing demand for improved home computing capability. It has driven much of the computer industry to continually construct hardware and software systems that can meet and exceed the expectations of the computer user, whose wants are manifold and myriad.

In this free online computer training course, learn some of the advanced skills of personal computing with the Microsoft Windows operating system, including how to defrag and back up your hard drive, how to create a new user, and how to use the Windows taskbar. Watch these computer training videos for important advanced computer techniques.

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m Ross. Thanks for coming to expertvillage.com, let’s begin. How do you add a new the user? Click the start button, go up to control panel, and then find user accounts, click. You’re going to create a new account. You need to put a name in here, so we’ll put in Mr. Smith, déjà vu… no thank you. How about we just put Tom, and we’ll click next. Here you need to pick the type of account. Computer administrator has full rights to the system, or you can set up a limited user. We’ll go ahead and create a computer administrator, and click create account. Now, we have a new account called Tom."