Full administrator rights in Windows 10: instructions for obtaining

For ease of use and administration of the Windows system, two account formats are used - User and Administrator. The administrator allows you to customize the system as you wish and gain access to system settings and files. A simple user “account” performs basic functions and is always limited by UAC (User Account Control) settings, which will not allow you to enjoy the full functionality of the system. In this article we talk about how to get administrator rights in Windows 10.

How to make a user account an administrator in Windows 10

To grant an account full admin rights, you must have access to a profile with full admin rights for that system. Or activate the built-in admin from our article:.

For example, there are 2 accounts on the computer: Test_admin and Profile. The first has full rights, while the second has limited rights. There are 3 options to solve this problem within the framework of this article.

Option 1: Using Windows Settings

Many people are wondering how to make themselves an administrator in Windows 10 without creating a new profile. This is easy to do if you have a password for your main account (with full access to the system). To do this, go to the control panel (Win+R and enter control) and select Changing the account type. To access these settings, you need an admin password.

If you forgot it or simply don’t know it, it doesn’t matter - the article will help you. Then change the profile type from Standard on Administrator.

Additional methods:

Via control panel. As in the previous option, open the control panel, select the desired entry and change the rights to the necessary ones.

Via Settings. Given the trend away from the Control Panel and towards the Settings app, most settings are duplicated. Open OptionsWindows and go to settings Accounts. We need the tab " Family and other users", it will contain the necessary profiles.

Paragraph Other users will show a list of active users of the system. Select the one you want and click "Change account type". Then change it to the required one.

Option 2. Via the command line.

To give a user administrator rights in Windows 10 using the command line, you must have a profile with full rights, otherwise the system will not allow you to perform the operation.

Procedure:

Log in to your account with admin rights
Open a CMD or Power Shell command prompt window. To do this, press Win+X and select the appropriate item.

To assign Administrator rights to a profile, you need to add it to the appropriate group. To do this, enter the following command:

net localgroup Administrators Profile /add
Where net localgroupAdministrators– group assignment (in the Russian version of the system the name changes to Administrators)
Profile- account name
/add – adding to a profile group.

Correct the command to suit your situation and enter it. The profile will be changed.

Option 3. Through “Local users and groups”

Another option that you can use to make administrator rights in Windows 10.

Using settings "Local Users and Groups" you can add a user to the admin group or add a user to the group. It doesn’t matter which option you use – the algorithm is the same.

Procedure:

Press the Win+R key combination and enter the command lusrmgr.msc.
Open the folder Users and select the one whose rights should be changed

Then right-click on it and select Properties

Open the tab "Group Membership" and press the button "Add". In the window that opens "Selection: Groups" click the button "Additionally".

To display the group list selection, press "Search". Find the Administrator group, select it and click OK. After which the user will be granted full admin rights

Addition

These tips will not help you if you have a domain network and organization profiles. Corporate networks are significantly different from the usual client computer.
Microsoft accounts are a different type and some tips may not help.
Sometimes, if system files are damaged, it is impossible to obtain extended rights to any profile. In this case, resetting the system or reinstalling it may help.

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