Administrators+Rights

Administrator rights. What are they ?

When you try to install some new programs or on other occasions you may get the message :- “You must have Administrator rights to install (Inserted program name) on this computer. Please log in to an account with Administrator rights and run this installation again."

How do I do that you may say and what the H are Administrator rights ?

In Computer terms the Administrator, is virtually the leader of the whole PC. They are the one person who can go in, and have unrestricted access to everything on the computer. They can create, delete and modify any of the files or folders on the computer, as well as, change any settings. It is customary on a computer to have one Administrator, and then other accounts that have a more limited access allowance. This allows you to control to some extent what the rest of the family are implementing. In order for you to establish Administrators rights you need to reboot in Safe Mode.. When Windows starts to boot up, continually press the F8 key on your keyboard. You'll then be given a list of boot options and you can just select Safe Mode. You should then see the Administrator account come up on the log in screen. Just enter in your password for the Administrator account and you'll be all set.

It is probable that you do not remember the Password If so Go to :-

Start >, Run Type in the box without the quotes "control userpasswords2." A new window will then come up with all of your passwords, etc. listed. Click to highlight the Administrator account and click the Reset Password button. Type in a new password in both the New Password and Confirm New Password boxes. Click OK and your passwords will be changed.

Now if you want to add another with Administrators privileges Right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop Select Manage. From there, expand the Local Users and Groups folder. Click on Groups and then double click on Administrators. Choose Add and then enter the name of the additional account that you want to give Administrator rights to. Now when you are installing a new program you should not see the message telling you that you are not an Administrator.