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Create a local user account

1) Click on the "Start" menu and then the gear icon in the left-hand menu, then open the "Settings" panel

2) Click on "Accounts" in the settings menu

3) Click on "Other users"

4) Click on "Add someone else to this PC"

5) Double-click into the "Users" location

5) Fill in the user's information, as shown below, using a temporary password and click "Create" when finished. To create an admin account, use the prefix "L-" before the netid (second image)

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Allow user to log in via RDP (Remote Desktop)

1) From within the "lusrmgr" menu (Step #5 in the previous section), click into the "Groups" location in the tree and then double-click to open the "Remote Desktop Users" group

2) You'll see the users who currently have RDP access. Click "Add"

3) Type the user account in the "object name" box and click "OK"

Provide Administrator rights to a user

1) Follow the "account-creation" steps above steps to create a new local user account ("l-netid")

2) From within the "lusrmgr" menu (Step #5 in the account creation guide), click into the "Groups" location in the tree and then double-click into the "Administrators" group

3) Type the "L-" user account in the "object name" box and click "OK"