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How to Add User to Local Administrator in Windows

How to Add User to Local Administrator in Windows

This article is about how to Add User to Local Administrator in Windows. Generally, in Windows, a user account belonging to an administrator is called an administrative account.

  • As we know, only the administrator account has full rights to manage the Windows computer, while the standard account and the guest account do not have the right to perform common functions such as setting changes.
  • System and software installation.
  • If you are a standard user without administrative rights on your computer, it can cause you a lot of problems and problems.

But it doesn’t matter, you can add any user on your Windows to the Local Administrators group to give them administrative rights.

how to add a user to the local administrator group in Windows


Method 1: In computer management


Method 2: Use Command Prompt


Tip: It requires you to log into your Windows as an administrator when using either of these two methods.

Method 1: Add the user to the Local Administrators group on the Windows computer control


Step 1: Right-click on Computer / My Computer and select Manage.

Step 2: expand the user to the local group. And choose user protection.

Step 3: It lists all the users on your Windows.

Right-click the user you want to add to the Local Administrators group and select Properties.

Select a user

Step 4: The Properties dialog will open. Select one of the tabs. You can see who the user is. Then click the Add button.

Click the Add button

Step 5: The Select Groups dialog will open.

Click the advanced button

Step 6: Click the Search Now button. Then it displays all the same.

Select the name of your target local administrator group and click OK.

Step 7: Click OK to add this user to the local administrators group.

Add this user to the Local Administrators group

Method 2: Add the user to the Local Administrators group using Command Prompt


Step 1: Open the dialog box directly.


In Windows 8/8.1/10 and Windows Server 2012/2008, press Win key + X and select Command Prompt (Admin). Bring the legal system

In Windows 7/Vista, click Start -> All Programs -> Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator to open Command Prompt as administrator.

Step 2: Check all regions


In the Command Prompt dialog, execute the following command: net localgroup. It will list all your regions.

See all groups

Method 3: Add the user to the Local Administrators group


Run the command: net localgroup Administrators [username] /add.

Replace [username] with the user you want to add to the local administrators group and replace “Administrator” with the name of the local administrators group.

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