How to make myself admin on my computer

To make yourself an admin on your computer, you typically need to have access to an existing administrator account. If you do not have access to one, you may need to contact your IT department or the person who manages the computer. Here are the general steps if you have access to an admin account:

1. Log in to an Administrator Account: You need to log in with an account that has administrator privileges.
2. Open User Accounts: Go to Control Panel > User Accounts > User Accounts again.
3. Manage Another Account: Click on "Manage another account" and select the account you want to change.
4. Change Account Type: Click on "Change the account type" and select "Administrator".
5. Save Changes: Click on "Change Account Type" to save your changes.

If you are setting up new computers and need to enable the built-in Administrator account, you may refer to the documentation for enabling and disabling the built-in administrator account during the setup process.

References:

• Enable and disable the built-in administrator account
• User permissions and Visual Studio
• Set up your small business network
• Setting System-Wide Security Using DCOMCNFG
• Becoming an Admin in Office 365 education

Hi Ya,

There are a few ways you can do this or at least check.

It really depends on how the devices are setup, I.E - Are the devices connected to an Active Directory, AzureAD etc.

But...

1 - Open Command Prompt.

• Type "net localgroup administrators" - Hit Enter.
• You will then see a list of user accounts that have local administrator access on the device.
• Typically, there is a local account called "Administrator".

2 - Type "net user administrator" - Hit Enter.

• Look at the output and check for "Account Active".
• If this says "No":
  • Type "net user administrator /active:yes" - Hit Enter.
  • If this is successful:
    • Type "net user administrator <create a password here>"
    • This will set the password for the local administrator account.
• If this says "Yes":
  • Type "net user administrator <create a password here>".
• If all of those were successful, you will not have the credentials to the local admin account on the PC.

3 - Now, if you have a login on the device, you can do the following:

• Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
  • When it asks for credentials:
    • Username: .\Administrator
    • Password: <Password you created in step 2>.
• Then type "net localgroup administrators <your username> /add" - Hit Enter.
• Now log out and log back in.
• You now have admin access on the local machine.

Hope this helps!