How to put a password on the computer in Windows 10, 8 and 7

If you are here it is because you would like to know how to put a password on the computer in Windows 10 . In this way you will be able to make your PC a safer work tool , which is why in the following MrAppsGeek article we will show you how to do it step by step .

How to put a password to my PC with Windows 10?

The first thing we must do to put a key to the computer in Windows 10 is to enter “Start” and once inside we will click on “Settings”, as in the photo.

Now we enter the “Accounts” section .

Now we will look at the left part of the screen where it says “Login Options” , we enter that section and on the right we will look at a section that says “Password” , we will then click on “Add” .

How to put a password on a computer

This is where we will have to fill in the following sections:

  • New Password.
  • Write the password, again.
  • Password hint.

Once we finish we click on “Next” and that’s it we already know how to put a startup password on the computer with Windows 10 .

How to put a key in Windows 8

To put a startup password in Windows 8 you just have to follow the following steps:

  1. Press the key combination “Windows + C” (to go to Control Panel ).
  2. In “Control Panel” we go to the following route: User accounts and child protection> User accounts> Change password .
  3. We put the password and click on “Next” .
  4. Now we must write our email and click on “Next” .
  5. A message with a code will arrive in our email inbox, we enter it in the confirmation window and click “Next” .
  6. Now we can write the password in the following boxes: «Old Password», «Create a new password» and «Retype the password» .

How to put password to computer windows 7

To put a start key in Windows 7 we just have to follow the following steps:

  1. We go to “Start” and then to “Control Panel”.
  2. We click on “Add or remove user accounts”.
  3. We will see the user profiles of the PC, we select ours.
  4. We click on “Create a password”.
  5. Now we only have to fill in the following fields, “New password”, “Confirm new password” and “Create password” .

With this you already know how to put a password on the computer in Windows 10, 8 and 7 , as a tip always use easy-to-remember passwords .

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