Windows 10: Different user accounts for different purposes - save on resources or no?

Discus and support Different user accounts for different purposes - save on resources or no? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Is it valuable, from an installation/removal/resources perspective, to create different user accounts for different purposes? Same physical user.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Kevinatblinn, May 13, 2020.

  1. Different user accounts for different purposes - save on resources or no?


    Is it valuable, from an installation/removal/resources perspective, to create different user accounts for different purposes? Same physical user. Perhaps there is The Audio/Video profile, the 2D/3D Design profile, the Image and Publishing profile, and the Gaming profile.

    Will I save much in resource utilization, keeping software installations (and all their little bits of memory hogging hangers-on) separate? Some software, of course, would be installed to all users, and others only to one. Or does Windows 10 really install all software for everyone, but only let certain user accounts with rights run the executables?

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    /u/Kevinatblinn, May 13, 2020
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  2. Kari Win User

    different user accounts, only one email address?


    Hi Geoff, welcome to the Ten Forums.

    In Windows 10 it is not possible to use the same MS account for more than one user account on the same computer. If User-A signs in with an MS account User-A@AnyEmail.com, that MS account (email address) cannot be used to sign in any other user than User-A. User-B needs to use either a different MS account or a local account. However, you can use the same MS account on multiple computers.

    There's no way to work around this restriction.

    In your case I would simply install Windows 10 on both computers with a local admin account, then create an additional standard user account as an MS account on both computers using the same email address. If any of the two computers requires the gaming account, too, as you explained I would make this account a local account.

    Tutorials:
     
  3. Different desktop for different users

    Hi Michael

    Different Desktops as well as all of the other personal folders has always been the default setup in Windows.

    These are automatically set up when a new User Account is created.

    Create a local user account in Windows 10:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...18c/create-a-local-user-account-in-windows-10

    Regards
     
    Ronnie Vernon, May 13, 2020
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  4. Different user accounts for different purposes - save on resources or no?

    Desktop shows different shortcuts than Windows explorer desktop

    Hello Glyn,

    We regret for the inconvenience.

    At this point, I suggest you to check if the same issue occur when logged in through a different Local Administrator user account. This will help us ascertain if the issue is user account specific.



    Follow the steps mentioned below:

    • Assuming that you are already logged on to your user account in Windows 10, click the Start button.
    • From the Start menu, click your name from the top of the left pane.
    • From the displayed options click Sign out.
    • From the login screen, click to the different user account you want to switch to.


    However, if you do not have a separate user account, I suggest you to create another administrator user account by referring to the Microsoft article here: Set
    up accounts
    .

    Write to us with the updated status and the required information for us to be able to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Sayan_Ghosh, May 13, 2020
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