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This wikiHow teaches you how to determine whether or not you're using an administrator account on a computer, as well as how to change an existing user's account to administrator status. In order to make changes to your computer's accounts, you must have administrator privileges.

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Open Start . Either click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen or press the ⊞ Win key.
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Open Settings . Click the gear-shaped icon in the bottom-left side of the Start menu to do so.

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Click Accounts . This person-shaped icon is in the middle row of options.
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Click Your info . It's a tab in the upper-left side of the Settings window. Doing so will display your profile information.
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Look for the "Administrator" tag beneath your name. Your profile name is at the top of this page; if you see "Administrator" beneath your name and email address, you're on an administrator account.
- If you're not using an administrator account, you can't make changes to other user accounts.
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Click Family & other people . It's a tab on the left side of the window.
- If you don't see this option on the left side of the window, your account doesn't have administrator permissions. Skip to the last step to see how you can find out the name of your computer's administrator account.
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Click a user's name or email address. This option will be below either the "Other people" or the "Your family" heading.
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Click Change account type . It's a button below the user's name or email address.
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Click the drop-down box. It's below the "Account type" heading.
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Click Administrator . You'll see this option at the top of the pop-up menu.
- Alternatively, click Standard user to revoke administrator privileges.
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Click OK . This will save your changes and apply administrator privileges to your selected user.
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Find the administrator account from a standard account. If you're not on an administrator account, you can still find out the name and/or email address of the person who is by triggering an administrator-only prompt:
- Open Start .
- Type in control panel.
- Click Control Panel.
- Click the User Accounts heading, then click User Accounts again if the User Accounts page doesn't open.
- Click Manage another account.
- Look at the name and/or email address that appears on the password prompt.
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Open the Apple menu . Click the Apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click System Preferences… . It's near the top of the drop-down menu.
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Click Users & Groups . This icon resembles two people silhouettes. It should be in the bottom-left corner of the System Preferences window.
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Look for your name in the left-hand sidebar. You should see the name of the current account at the top of this sidebar.
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Look for "Admin" beneath your name. If you see "Admin" here, you're using an administrator account; if not, you're a shared user, and you won't be able to change other users' account statuses.
- Even if you're on a guest account, you should be able to see "Admin" under the name of the administrator account here.
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Click the lock icon. It's in the bottom-left corner of the window.
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Enter your administrator password. Type in the password you use to unlock your computer, then click OK. Doing so will unlock the user menu for editing.
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Click a user's name. This should be the name of someone for whom you wish to add administrator privileges.
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Check the "Allow user to administer this computer" box. It's next to the user's name. If you instead want to remove administrator privileges from an admin account, uncheck the box here.
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Click the lock icon again. Doing so will save your changes and apply the account type change to your selected account.

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How do I uninstall a program in admin?

Type this into the file explorer "Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features" while you are on the admin account. From here, you can uninstall any program.
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I'm trying to install Legacy 8.0, but the administrator blocked the install. How can I unblock it?

Boot the computer in safe mode with the command prompt. From there you can change the administrator password.
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How do I enable battery saver on my computer?

On the bottom right corner ,there is a battery icon. Right click on it and go to power options. Here you can choose a option for example high performance. If you can't see it, then maybe it is under the additional plans.
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How do I uninstall programs?

On Windows, press the Windows key + r and then type "appwiz.cpl". Then find the program you want to uninstall and press uninstall.
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Hound I change cookie settings on my computer?

Go into your browser and use the shortcut command. Once the browser setting is open, go to privacy and change it there.
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How can I change my own administrator name? I want it to be more professional.

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Change it through the Microsoft website. It will get updated to your computer later.
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How do I change my computer's administrator password?

Type in admin command prompt: net user "" This means: for user, set the password.
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Under my account name it says Standard and it won't let me turn on the "allow user to administrate this computer," what can I do? I want to delete that user.

Switch to the admin account and delete the standard user from there. The standard account cannot make themselves an admin.
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What do I do if I clicked on the Admin account instead of the standard user?

Nothing. If you want, you can press Ctrl, Alt, and Delete (not backspace) and click "switch user" to go back to the standard user.

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For added security, give administrative access to the fewest number of people possible.
A standard user has limited control over system changes and cannot install programs, delete system files, or change settings. A guest can use basic files and programs but has virtually no other abilities.

If you are on a work/shared computer, do not change any administrative settings without checking with your IT department or the owner of the computer first.

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