Creating Windows user accounts
- Click Start > Run > and type: control userpasswords2 <enter>
- Click on the Advanced tab, and uncheck “Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete”
- Click the Advanced button, click Users, highlight Administrator,and click Action > Set Password
- Type a strong passphrase for the default Administrator account (please use the attached PDF guide with the worksheet to fill out passwords)
- This default account will not be used, but its passphrase should still be changed at least every 90 days as a preventative security measure for PCI-compliance
- Highlight the Users folder again, and click Action > New User
- Type a new administrator account User name for your company and create strong Passphrase for it (7 or more alpha-numeric characters with at least one upper- and one lower-case letter and one symbol)
- Close the New User window, click Users again, and double-click your newly created administrator account name from above. Enable Password never expires, and Apply
- This is to prevent unexpected interruption of network communication due to expired passwords, but all passphrases must be changed at least every 90 days for compliance
- Next, click on the Member Of tab, and assign this account to the Administrators group. Apply this, and close the Properties window for the new administrator account
- Double-click your newly created site user account name from above. Again, enable Password never expires, and Apply. (see note above about passphrases)
- Next, click on the Member Of tab, and assign this account to the Power Users group. Apply this, and close the Properties window for the new site user account
- For any and all other accounts listed including “Guest”, double-click the account name, check the Account is disabled box, and click Apply. Then exit to the Windows desktop.