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How To Create a Password For Your Local Account in
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July 30, 2020 |
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Introduction |
Does
Windows ask you for a password when your computer
starts? It should. If a password isn't required to
access your account, you're leaving it completely open to
anyone else at your home or workplace, things like your
email account, saved photos and files, etc. You need to correct
this by creating a password right now.
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When you first set up a new
computer, Windows prompts you to set a password for your
account. You may have missed or skipped that step, or
previously removed the password. Windows does allow you
to add a password to your account later through the User
Accounts feature in the Control Panel. Once set, Windows
displays a password text bar when it boots up. If a user
enters an incorrect password, he can't gain access to
the account. This security feature deters curious
employees or malicious hackers from accessing sensitive
business data on your computer.
To set a password for your local account in Windows 10
follow the below steps :
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Click the Start button
and then click on
Settings

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Click
Accounts

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From the left side
pane, click on Sign-in options

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Click
Password

Then click on Add

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The Create a
password window will open, here you will
have to type a password, then confirm it
by typing it again. Enter the new
password in the first two text fields.
You have to do it twice to make sure
you've typed the password correctly.
Finally by giving a hint for the
password, so that in case you have
forgotten it, the hint can help you
remembering the password. Windows won’t
let you type in your exact password as a
hint. You have to be a bit more
creative.
Once done, click Next

Then click Finish

As you can see, now that you have a
password set to your account, the
Add button is changed
to Change, so that in
the future if you want to change your
password, you can follow the same steps
and then click the Change
button.

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To test your new
password, sign out from you account and
now you will have to type your password
before logging into your account

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