How to check if your account has Administrator Rights

Modified on Tue, 4 Apr, 2023 at 2:38 PM

Introduction:

This help guide will help you find out if your account has administrator rights so you can run tasks that users without the administrator rights will not be able to complete.

1) Firstly you would select the start menu that is located in the bottom left hand side of your screen.

2)Then once the start menu is open you can then you need to type 'control panel' in the area that is shown by the red arrow.

3)Once you have done this you should see the app for the control panel now on your screen then to get into the control panel you can either hit enter on your keyboard or use the mouse to click into it.

4)You should then have this menu pop up after you have clicked on the control panel once you are in this menu you need to click into the user accounts (circled in green).

5)Once you have clicked into this you will then need to click on change account type, which is located under user accounts (circled in green).

6)Then you need to select the account that you want to give Administrator Rights to.

7)When you have have clicked on the account you want to give the Administrator Rights to you then need to click on the blue link called 'Change the account type'.

8)After you have clicked into Change account type you will then have the choice to either have a standard account or an Administrator account you need to black circle to be in the Administrator box.

9) Once this above has been done you can then select 'Change Account Type'

10) After you have done the above your account then should have Administrator Rights.

So now you have Administrator Rights you can now perform most if not all functions within the operating system on your computer.