Windows 10 lets you create two types of user accounts – standard and administrator. The standard user account has some limitations, whereas a user account with administrator privileges gives you all sorts of permissions.
If you have a standard user account and want to make the standard user account as an administrator account, you can do so without creating a new administrator account. All you need to do is change the type of the user account to an administrator account.
This guide will show you the four easy ways to make a standard user as an administrator in Windows 10.
IMPORTANT: You must have access to an administrator account, or you need an administrator account password to make a standard user account as an administrator account. A standard account user cannot change the account type from the standard user account without typing the admin account password.
Method 1 of 4
Make a user administrator via Settings in Windows 10
NOTE: Use this method only if you are currently signed into an administrator account and want to make another user account as an administrator.
Step 1: Open the Settings app. Go to Accounts > Family and other users page.
Step 2: In the Other users section, click on the user account name you want to make as an administrator account. Clicking on the user account will reveal the Change account type button.
NOTE: If the Family and other users page is not showing up, it is because you have signed into a standard user account.
Step 3: Click on the Change account type button.
Step 4: In the resulting dialog, select Administrator from the drop-down and then click on the OK button.
Method 2 of 4
Make a user as an administrator via Control Panel
Step 1: Open the Control Panel. Change the View by to Small icons (refer to the picture below).
Step 2: Click on User Accounts.
Step 3: Here, click Change account type if you wish to make your currently signed-in account as an administrator account. You might need to type the admin account password to continue. From here, you can skip to Step 6.
If you want to make another user on your computer as an administrator, click on Manage another account link to see all user accounts on your Windows 10 PC.
Step 4: Now, click on the user account that you want to make as an administrator account.
Step 5: Next, click on the Change the account type link.
Step 6: Select the Administrator radio button and then click on the Change account type button. That’s it! The selected user account has been upgraded from a standard account to an administrator account.
Method 3 of 4
Change a user account to an administrator account in Windows 10
Step 1: In the search or Run command, type netplwiz and then press the Enter key. This will open the User Accounts dialog.
If you have signed into a standard account, you will be asked to type the admin account password to continue.
Step 2: In the Users for this computer section, select the user account you want to make administrator and then click on the Properties button.
Step 3: Switch to the Group Membership tab to see all types of user accounts offered.
Step 4: Select the Administrator radio button. Click the Apply button to change the account type from the standard to an administrator.
Method 4 of 4
Make a user as admin via Command Prompt in Windows 10
Step 1: Open the Command Prompt as administrator. To do that, type CMD in the search, right-click on the Command Prompt entry, and then click the Run as administrator option.
If asked for the admin password, please type the same.
Click on the Yes button when you get the User Account Control prompt.
Step 2: Copy and paste the following command at the Command Prompt and then press the Enter key.
net localgroup Administrators YourAccountName /add
In the above command, replace “YourAccountName” with the actual user account name you want to make as an administrator account.
Step 3: You may close the Command Prompt now. Simple as that!
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