Your first task is to set up a Windows

Your first task is to set up a Windows

Live account. Open the Charms bar

by using the Windows key and ‘C’, or

sweep inwards from the right edge

with a finger. Next choose Settings check this

and then More PC Settings, and finally

select Users. You’ll need to make sure

For those who use multiple computers, a new option in Windows 8

will allow you to sync personal settings across all devices

I

Ú Windows 8 comes with plenty of

synchronisation options. These are all

easily managed using on/off sliders

Sync your settings check this

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that Users is selected in the left-hand PC Settings pane (see the top image on

the opposite page). You can add different users so that other people can share

access to the computer and synchronise settings how they want - click ‘Add a

user’. If users want to synchronise settings, though, they must have a Windows

Live account - you’ll also need this to download apps.