if you create a new user account on your laptop aka computer?

Question

will i still have my main account like the one i'm on now? when you create a new user what happens and stuff?

Answer 1

When you create a new user nothing happens to any thing even the stuff they will not be deletet or touched or anything.

Answer 2

Currently by default you would have an administrator account. You can create any no. of user accounts in your system(laptop/computer). While creating a new user account, you are given an option to create an administrator or standard user account.

When you are logged in through administrator account, you have privileges as you can make changes to the system configuration, install new applications etc. With standard user account still work in the system, you can do all sorts of copy, paste, creating new files, virtually everything, except for changing any system configuration related things, you can not install most of the applications as they require you to change the system configuration.

Also, only an administrator can create/delete new user accounts.

Hence, it is advisable that the owner of the system should have the admin account with password and others using the system should log into standard user account.



After creating the new account, your old account still remains unless you delete it manually. Your new account will have new desktop settings(so, you might have create some new shortcuts for existing applications), different documents and settings etc. you still can look into your old user account folders.

Answer 3

Main account will still exist and able to re-login. But if your main account's name is the Administrator, u may not able to login under windows XP home (normal mode)



After u had created a new user account, you may have 2 user accounts to choose when u power on your system. One is main, the other is new.



New user account does not transfer any of your documents or data files u had from your main account.

So basically, its like a new user just started to use on this system even though the programs u had installed will be also be in the new user account.

Answer 4

When you create a new user account you still have the main user account too. If you delete the main account it will ask you if you want to transfer those files to you're main account.

Answer 5

I think there would not be any problem with your existing computer and user. The new user will have naturally new stuff.

Answer 6

you will.

i think all it does it create folders and responsibilities under a different name.