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Ever worry about your brother or sister hacking your user account in windows? Why not change the welcome screen from simple to hard? You have to have a Administrator account.

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    First, log into your windows' user account.
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    Go to My Computer > Control Panel > User Accounts.
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    Click Change the way users log on and off.
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    Uncheck Use the Welcome screen.
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    Now go back to the first screen and select your account.
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    Click Change my name.
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    Type in a password and REMEMBER IT.
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    'Restart your computer and in the user name field type the password you put as your user name.
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    Then type your real password.
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