While installing Windows 7, one of the steps is to a username and then you are given an option to either type a password for this username. You might not wish to type a password at that time, but now after that you installed Windows 7 and set it up, you are ready to create a password for your user account.
To create a password for a user account, follow the below steps:
Remember to set a strong password, else it would be useless to have a password that anyone would guess
A strong password is considered to be :
After you type your password and confirm it again, click on Create password button. If you are a person who usually forgets his passwords, then its better to type a password hint, so that when you forget your password, from reading the hint, it will give you an idea what your password is, but remember, password hint is visible to everyone who uses the computer, so make sure that your hint is not understood by someone else, choose your own hints.
To create a password for a user account, follow the below steps:
Click on Start > Control Panel
2.Under the User Accounts and Family Safety category, click on Add or remove user accounts
3.Choose the account that you would like to create a password for, this is done by clicking on the user account name.
4.The Change an Account page will open, click on Create a password
5.Type the password you want to set for this user account.
Remember to set a strong password, else it would be useless to have a password that anyone would guess
A strong password is considered to be :
- Is at least eight characters long. These characters contain letters, digits and special characters such as ( $ , % , etc .. )
- Does not contain your user name, real name, or company name.
- Does not contain a complete word.
- Is significantly different from previous passwords.
After you type your password and confirm it again, click on Create password button. If you are a person who usually forgets his passwords, then its better to type a password hint, so that when you forget your password, from reading the hint, it will give you an idea what your password is, but remember, password hint is visible to everyone who uses the computer, so make sure that your hint is not understood by someone else, choose your own hints.
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