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If you need to create a New User Account with Administrator privileges per Help Desk instructions, reference the links and steps below:

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Windows 10: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026923/windows-create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-10 (see bottom of article for more detail on Win 10)

Windows 8 and 8.1: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-8

Windows 7: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows7/Create-a-user-account

Windows Vista: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Create-a-user-account

Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783

Log into this new user account (make sure to create it with Admin privileges) and install TypeEasy. You'll need to go through the Installation Checklist as well, making sure that you add TypeEasy.exe to your firewall. Check the ports and firewall settings as well. Please provide feedback once you have finished these steps. Thanks.

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  1. Navigate to PC Settings under the Charms -> Settings menu. You must be logged in as an administrator before doing this. If you are the first user to have activated Windows 8 on this PC, you are an administrator.

  2. Click Add User under the Users tab.

    Select Add User


  3. Enter the new user's email address and click Next.
    Add User Email Address

  4. Click Finish.

    Add User

  5. Launch the desktop control panel and select small or large icon view. If you don't have a shortcut to it handy, you can find the Control Panel by searching for it. A window with a list of settings appears.

    Search for Control Panel and select it

  6. Click User Accounts.

    Select User Accounts

  7. Click Manage another account.

    Click Manage Another account

  8. Select the Account you want to modify.

    Select the account you want to change

  9. Click Change the account type. 

    Change account type

  10. Select Administrator then click Change Account Type.

  11. Select Administrator

New users who want their accounts to sync to a device need to designate the device as a "Trusted Computer" on the Users tab in the PC Settings menu and then enter the confirmation code that it sends by email.

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See this link: http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-add-a-user-the-right-way-in-windows-8




Windows XP:

  1. To create an administrator account on a Windows XP computer that is not a member of a domain:


  2. From the Start menu, select Settings, and then Control Panel.


  3. Double-click User Accounts.


  4. Click Create new account. Enter a name for the account, and then click Next.


  5. Click Computer administrator, and then click Create Account.

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