When you create a user account, you're just giving it a name and choosing a type. After you've created a user account, you can change it to better suit your needs.

• Changing a user account type:

  You can change an Administrator account to a standard account, or vice versa, from the main User Accounts page. For example, if you've been using an administrative account for your day-to-day computing since buying your computer, you might want to change it to a standard account for the added security that a standard account provides. At least one user account must have administrative privileges, so you can make this change only if you have at least one other user account on the system that has administrative privileges.



• Changing the account picture:

  Every user account has an associated picture. The picture is like an icon, giving you a quick visual reference without having to read the name. The picture you choose can be any one of several built-in pictures, or it can be a picture of your own choosing.

  If you decide to use your own picture, try to avoid using one that comes straight from a digital camera. The file size on such pictures is really too large for a user account picture. Your best bet would be to crop out a section from a photo, and size it to about 100 x 100 pixels. The picture you choose must be the JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, or PNG file type.



• Changing the account name:

  The account name is the name that appears on the login screen and at the top of the Start menu when you're logged in to an account. If you inadvertently misspelled the name when you first created the account, you may want to change the name to correct that misspelling. Or, if an account has a generic name such as Owner, you might want to change it to a more personal name. But other than that, there wouldn't really be any need to change an account.