Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article describes how to change the built-in Administrator account name in Windows 10 to bolster your computer's security. We ...

There are a couple of places on your Mac where your name – or some other name – might appear: the account name and Home folder. The name that appears is based on the Full Name you gave when you (or ...

Mac OS X requires an administrator account to install programs, make system changes and edit users, and the operating system supports multiple administrators. If you ...

To create a Local Administrator account from the Settings app, do the following: Once you click Next, you will be redirected back to the Accounts screen, and there, you can see the new local account ...

To protect your Windows 10 PC from hackers, try this: Creating a local user account to be your Administrator account. Many Windows 10 users make the mistake of using the Administrator account as their ...

When you are logged into Windows 8, Windows will display your full name next to your account picture on the Start Screen. Normally you can use the User Accounts control panel to change the full name ...

In early June, Computerworld published the story, “Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won’t Like About Windows Vista.” At the bottom of page 5 of that story, I wrote that the built-in Administrator account is ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...