Many people who have at their disposal a personal computer, of course, have repeatedly thought about the security of their data stored on it. The most important problem for an information machine is, of course, viruses, but not one anti-virus program will save you from unauthorized use of personal data by a real user.
What to expect from uninvited guests in your computer?
If you do not have a password on your computer when logging on, each person who has access to it can freely use all the installed resources. Thus, anyone can change your settings, copy or delete important information for you. The optimal solution in this matter can be a password to log into the system. Wanting to protect personal data stored on a computer, people often ask the question: "How to secure access to the computer?"
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In fact, there is nothing complicated in the process, this article will provide several options for setting a password for different operating systems. The most common and well-known operating systems are OS "Mac", OS "Winds X-Pi", OS "Windows 7" and OS "Windovs 8".
How to secure the computer to the "Winds X-P"?
Initially, in this operating system, all users have the same access to the computer's resources at the administrator level, to change this and leave only such a right, it is necessary to make changes to the "Admin" account. How to do it? In the lower left corner in the "Start" you need to select the "Control Panel" section, after which an image with a category selection will appear on the screen. Select the "Accounts" category by clicking on it. Next, you need to change the settings in the accounts, you need to click on the "Change account" task. Two account icons will appear on the screen, one of them is "Admin", if you have not replaced this name with your name before, and the second "Guest". The guest account can also be used so that other users can use your computer, but only with limited capabilities. Then you need to select the account you need by clicking on it, and in the appeared list of operations select the item "Create password".
What is important to know about the password!
Be sure to come up with a password for yourself that is easily remembered, or if everything is not simple for you, then write it down yourself, somewhere, for safety. Forgetting the password, you simply can not enter your computer. By the way, here, after the password is entered and confirmed, the system will ask you to enter a hint to it. How can I change my password? In the list of operations with the user account, there is also the item "Change Password", so you can do this at any time.
Operating system "Windows 7"
How to secure the computer to "Windows 7"? As in the "Winds X-Pi", you must perform the same operations to go to the "User Accounts" category. First you need to go to the "Start", then click on "Control Panel" and in the category list select "User Accounts and Family Security." In this operating system, the creator suggests two sub-items in the account category, one is almost identical to the previous versions of "Windows." This is "Creating and Deleting User Accounts," and the second is "Setting Parental Control for All Users." In the latter you can also set time limits, access to games, etc. How to make a password? If you click on the administrator icon, a window with a list of suggested operations appears. Select the "Create a password" operation, after which the system will prompt you to enter your password and confirm it. Then you just need to click on the button "Create password". There is also a hint option, you can enter it if you are in doubt.
Password on "Windows 8"
With this operating system, everything is a little different, it is too different from all previously released versions, so the process of setting the password will be somewhat different. Despite this, the eight is not at all alien to password protection. Nothing will be complicated. How to secure the computer? It is necessary to point the mouse cursor up or down the right corner of the screen, a menu will appear in which you need to select and click on the "Options" icon. In the proposed list of operations, select the item "Change computer settings". Next, the system prompts you to make a selection in the computer settings. We find the category "Users", then "Create password" and in the opened window we enter our cherished letters and digits.
Protection for a computer with the operating system "Mac"
Users of devices "Apple", most likely, also would not refuse protection of their personal data, by setting a password to enter the computer. To set the password in the "MAK" operating system, it is necessary to perform certain operations in the same way as in all other systems in the settings of user accounts. To find this section, you must first call up the main menu of the operating system. To do this, click on the "Apple" logo on the top left of the screen. Then from the listed categories, select the "System settings" section. Already in the system settings you will be given the opportunity to select the category "Accounts" located in the "System" section. The "Accounts" category is closed by default by default, and this is indicated by the lock icon at the bottom of the pop-up window. You need to click on the lock and enter the administrator password. Next, you need to select an entry for editing and change the existing password to a new one using the "Change password" option. Then confirm your changes by clicking on the "OK" button.
This article provided instructions for setting passwords for the most current operating systems at the moment. Now you know how to secure your computer and can safely install and change passwords on your computer, thereby securing your "information offspring" from prying eyes and hands.