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User Accounts and Family Safety

How to manage user accounts, user groups, parental controls, and other settings. We cover Windows, Android, iOS, macOS, and other platforms.

Set up two-step verification for your Microsoft account with Google Authenticator

Set up two-step verification for your Microsoft account with Google Authenticator

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 22.02.2018
Microsoft offers two-step verification for your Microsoft account. However, when you try to enable it, the company tries to force you into using their Microsoft Authenticator app. While using this app has some benefits, some users might prefer using another two-step verification app, like Google...
What is the Guest account and how do you turn it on?

What is the Guest account and how do you turn it on?

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 10.01.2018
When someone is visiting for a while and needs access to your Windows computer or tablet, you should not give away your user account details. The best thing you can do is enable the Guest account in Windows and have your visitor use it. This...
Credential Manager is where Windows stores passwords and login details

Credential Manager is where Windows stores passwords and login details

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 10.11.2017
Do you know where Windows stores passwords and login details that you save when using this operating system? For example, you access a network share and you type a username and password, in order to access it. When you do that, Windows stores those details...
How to pin contacts to the taskbar or to the Start Menu of Windows 10

How to pin contacts to the taskbar or to the Start Menu of Windows 10

  • tutorial
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 06.10.2017
In Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft introduces many new features. One of the most interesting ones, from a productivity standpoint, is the fact that you can pin contacts to the taskbar and the Start Menu. That makes it easier and faster for you to...
How to unlink your Skype ID from your Microsoft account

How to unlink your Skype ID from your Microsoft account

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 08.08.2017
A few years ago, we published a guide about unlinking your Skype ID from your Microsoft account. It was very popular with our readers, and it provided them with real help. However, as of early 2017, it stopped working because Microsoft has silently changed things,...
How to learn what data Microsoft stores about you and how to delete it

How to learn what data Microsoft stores about you and how to delete it

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 20.01.2017
Microsoft has created a portal where anyone with a Microsoft account can view all the personal data that it is stored by this company on their servers. You can see the browsing history that Microsoft has about you, your search history, your location history, the...
Security for everyone - Reviewing Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android

Security for everyone - Reviewing Kaspersky Safe Kids for Android

  • review
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 19.10.2016
If you worry about your child's security online and you do care about the information he or she has access to, then you probably considered installing a parental controls app on the devices your child is using. Kaspersky is one of the security companies that...
Security for everyone - Reviewing Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows

Security for everyone - Reviewing Kaspersky Safe Kids for Windows

  • review
  • Codrut Neagu
  • 17.10.2016
Besides creating a great antivirus engine, Kaspersky also develops other types of security products like Kaspersky Safe Kids. It's a parental control application that aims to offer parents all the tools they need to monitor and control the computing activities of their children. Kaspersky Safe...
How to use a password reset disk to change your Windows password

How to use a password reset disk to change your Windows password

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 03.05.2016
If you created a password reset disk in Windows as soon as you set up your computer or device, it can be a lifesaver if you manage to forget your user account password later on. As you will see from this guide, using the Password...
How to create a password reset disk in Windows

How to create a password reset disk in Windows

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 26.04.2016
The human memory is fantastic. You can encode, store and retrieve information when needed very quickly but, unlike your computer's memory, it is not perfect. It lacks a basic feature: it doesn't have permanent storage. Unfortunately, passwords make no exceptions and you might be in...
How to Change the Password for Your Local User Account in Windows 8.1

How to Change the Password for Your Local User Account in Windows 8.1

  • tutorial
  • Mihai-Emilian Blaga
  • 06.10.2014
Most Windows 8.1 users are using a Microsoft account to access the operating system, but there are some users who use a local account, available only on their computer or device. If the password for your local user account has been compromised, you can easily...
How to Set Your Xbox One to Automatically Sign-In With Your Account

How to Set Your Xbox One to Automatically Sign-In With Your Account

  • tutorial
  • Ciprian Adrian Rusen
  • 30.07.2014
In the Xbox One update that was made available in June 2014, a small and useful feature was added alongside others: the possibility to set the console to automatically sign-in with one account upon startup. Considering that most Xbox One users have only one account...
How to Upgrade a Local Account to a Microsoft Account in Windows 8.1

How to Upgrade a Local Account to a Microsoft Account in Windows 8.1

  • tutorial
  • Vlad Falon
  • 23.07.2014
As even the newest users to Windows 8.1 will quickly discover, Microsoft's newest operating system offers a choice of account types that you can use to log in. A local account works like a typical user account from any older version of Windows, while a...