Make a User Account an Administrator in Windows 8
In order to be able to do things like install any program in Windows 8, you must have an administrator account. You can make a user account an Administrator using an Administrator in Windows 8, although you'll have to login from an Admin account first.
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Steps
Changing Your Account
- Login to Windows with an administrator account. Open the Start menu and type in "User." Select "Settings."
- Select the "User Accounts" option in the top left corner.
- Select "Change your account type" from the User Accounts screen.
- Select a user, and then click the "Administrator" option.
- Click "Change Account Type" to change the account to Administrator.
Changing Another Account
- Open the Start screen. You can open the Start screen by pressing ⊞ Win. On the Start screen, start typing user.
- Select "User Accounts" from the search results. There may be several options available to choose from. The User Accounts window ill open in the Desktop screen.
- Click the "Manage another account" option. If you aren't logged in as an administrator you will need to enter the administrator's password.
- Click the account you want to make an administrator. There may be several to choose from if there are multiple accounts on the computer.
- Click the "Change the account type" link. This will open a new page with the different account options.
- Toggle "Administrator". Click the Change Account Type button to save the changes. The account now has Administrator privileges.
Alternative Method
- Run the command from an elevated command prompt. To do that, you need to use the same procedure as in the Windows 7.
- Press the Windows key to get into the Metro interface if you are not already there.
- Enter CMD and right-click on the Command Prompt result that should appear. This opens a list of options at the bottom.
- Select Run as administrator there.
- Accept the UAC prompt.
- Enter the following command to enable the hidden administrator account:
- net user administrator /active:yes
- If you ever want to disable the account, follow the same instructions, but run the following command instead: net user administrator /active:no
- Once you have enabled the account, you will see it listed in the user accounts control panel applet. Note that the account has not assigned a password to it, and that you should consider setting one to improve account security.
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