Protecting your computer
Using Windows
®
7 Action Center
7 Action Center provides you with alert notiications, security information, system
Windows
®
maintenance information, and the option to automatically troubleshoot and ix some common
computer problems.
You may customize the notiications. For more details, refer to the previous section
Customizing icons and notiications in this chapter.
Launching Windows
®
To launch Windows
7 Action Center:
1.
To launch Windows 7 Action Center, click the Notiication icon
Action Center.
.
From Windows 7 Action Center, click the task that you want to do.
Using Windows
®
Update
Windows Update allows you to check and install the latest updates to enhance the security
and performance of your computer.
Launching Windows
To launch Windows
®
Update:
1.
From the Windows
.
Select All Programs > Windows Update.
.
From the Windows Update screen, click the task that you want to do.
Setting up a user account and password
You may create user accounts and passwords for people who will use your computer.
Setting up a user account
To set up a user account:
1.
From the Windows
.
Select Manage another account.
.
Select Create a new account.
4.
Key in the name of the new user.
5.
Select either Standard user or Administrator as the user type.
6.
When done, click Create Account.
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®
7 Action Center
®
Update
taskbar, click the Start icon
®
taskbar, click
> Getting Started > Add new users.
®
, then click Open
to launch the Start menu.
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