Windows 10: Windows Administrator Problem... I’m trying to change some settings for my computer and I...

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how to change administrator on my computer

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

As I understand that your administrator account has been changed to another account as administrator. We will help you to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the account settings as administrator and check if it helps.

1. In the search type as “user accounts”.

2. Click on “change your account types”.

3. All the user accounts will be listed there, under your account you can select as administrator.

4. The account will be changed to administrator.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Trying to change administrator in Windows 10

To change the Administrator on your PC, follow the steps below:

• Go to Control Panel.
• Click User Accounts.
• Select Manage other accounts.
• Select your user account.
• Change the account type.
• Choose Administrator.

Before doing this, make sure that you are logged in to an administrator account. Once you've applied these settings, your user account will also have administrative privilege from them on.

Tell us what would be the result.

 

changing administrator

Hi,

Share this information to assist you better.

• What are the steps you have tried to change the Admin rights?
• How many accounts have you configured in your computer?

Try the below steps if you have not tried:

• Open Control Panel (Move the cursor to the lower/left corner of the screen and
  Right Click, select Control Panel on the menu.
• In Control Panel, select User Accounts.
• Select Manage another account.

This will show all of the user accounts on the computer. If there is an Administrator account it will show that designation.

• Sign Out and log on with any Administrator Account.
• Go back to Control Panel/User Accounts.
• Select Manage another account and then select the Standard account you wish to change.
• Select the Change Account Type option.
• Select the Administrator option to change the account and click the
  Change Account Type button.

If there are no other Administrator Accounts, let us know and we can try another recovery method.



Let us know what you find.