CIS 170F: Windows 7 Administration

Week 6

User Management
Account Management Tools
Creating Users

  • To set up and manage your local user accounts, use the Local Users and Groups MMC snap-in or the User Accounts utility in Control Panel. With either option, you can create, disable, delete, and rename user accounts, as well as change user passwords.



  • A Standard user account derives its privileges from being a member of the local Users group and cannot compromise the security or stability of Windows 7.
  • An Administrator account derives its privileges from being a member of the local Administrators group and has complete access to the system.
  • Unlike Windows Vista, most actions that are triggered by an Administrator do not result in a prompt from User Account Control. Changes triggered by software do result in a prompt from User Account Control.