User accounts are a good way of preventing many kinds of accidental and security-based problems from ever occurring. It is a good idea to.assign everybody that uses the computer their own user account and password protect each one. On a basic level, this lielps to avoid the potential problem of one user deleting another's files, and if users are assigned Standard accounts, they can also be prevented from making unwanted changes to system settings. You may even want to consider using a Standard user account yourself for your day-to-day com- Assign a user account to each person who puter use, reserving your uses your PC Administrator account only for such times when you need to make use of its privileges. With a Standard user account, any action that could change key system settings or works with important system files requires the entry of an Administrator password. As some malware can change settings and files, many threats can be stopped in their tracks by not providing them with Administrator privileges.