Kind of User Account

User Accounts offers personalized settings and preferences for everyone who uses the computer. There are three types of user accounts:

Computer Administrator account - This allows the holder unlimited power to modify the computer in any way, and - importantly - to view and alter the contents of all other accounts. Generally, only one user of a shared computer holds a computer administrator account - the boss! A person with a computer administrator account can, among other things: Read more »

Give your player a new face

Programs called skins govern the appearance of Windows Media Player. Don’t like the look of the standard skin? You can choose from 13 different designs that come with Windows XP, or select from others added frequently to the Windows Media Player Web site. Your player directly connects you to the place where you’ll find an ever-expanding choice of new skins. Here’s how to give Windows Media Player a face-lift.

Give Windows Media Player a face-lift

• Click Start, and then click Windows Media Player.
• Click Skin Chooser.
• Click the skin you want, from the list that appears. Read more »

Create playlists

You can arrange and rearrange the order in which you play music and other audio files copied to your computer. Arrangements of such files in order are called playlists. They’re fun to create and take only a few seconds to set up. To get started, try creating a modest playlist with, say, six songs from three different albums copied to your computer and stored in Media Library. Here’s how.

Step to Create playlists

• Click Start, and then click Windows Media Player.
• Click Media Library.
• Click New Playlist on the toolbar. In the New Playlist box, type a name for the playlist, and then click OK.
• Browse the Media Library directory to display your selection of copied music files in the right pane. Read more »