In Windows Vista, the administrator has almost complete control over the operating system and its user accounts. Because the administrator has such authority over the OS, however, Windows Vista ...

When you click on the Reset Password option, or use your password reset disk in Windows XP, Windows will start the Password Reset wizard as shown below. Click on the Next button to start the reset ...

Once you have successfully created user accounts, you then can select which files, folders and devices on your system that you will share out with other users. For those who don’t want to go in and ...

In early June, Computerworld published the story, “Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won’t Like About Windows Vista.” At the bottom of page 5 of that story, I wrote that the built-in Administrator account is ...

While Windows Vista may be Microsoft’s most secure operating system ever, it’s far from completely secure. In its fresh-from-the-box configuration, Vista still leaves a chance for your personal data ...