If you’re responsible for somebody else’s computer, you probably want to stop them from
doing anything that might break it.
This is why you might want to turn on the Administrator account in Windows.
Let’s find out how.
On Windows 10, the main user account is an Administrator by default.
I’m going to show you how to make it into a Standard User.
Before we do that, we need to make sure the computer will still have an administrator.
Windows actually has a built-in account called Administrator, but it’s turned off by default.
To turn it on, we need to type a command into Windows, using a program called PowerShell.
To open PowerShell, right-click on the Start Menu, and click PowerShell (Admin).
Say yes to allow it to make changes.
You’ll see the PowerShell window, with a cursor ready for you to type in the command.
Type:
net user Administrator /active:yes
Then hit Enter.
You should see a message “the command completed successfully”.
Now that we have an administrator account, we need to put a password on it.
To do this, open the control panel by clicking on the Start menu, and typing Control.
When Control Panel appears, click on it.
When Control Panel opens, go to User Accounts, and then User Accounts, and Manage another
account.
Then click on Administrator, and create a password.
Once you’ve set a password, you can log out of the current user, and sign in as Administrator.
Now we want to make the main user a Standard user.
We need the Control Panel again.
Click on the Start Menu, type Control and click on Control Panel.
Now go to User Accounts, User Accounts, and Manage another account.
See how the main user is an administrator, we want to change it to the standard type.
Click on the user, then Change The Account Type.
Select Standard, then click Change Account Type.
Then log out of the Administrator account, and log back in as the main user.
And now the main user is limited in any damage they can cause.
If they do anything that requires administrator privilege, they will need to ask you to type
in the Administrator password.
By the way, if you ever want to get rid of the Administrator account, just follow the
same instructions in reverse:
Change the main user from a standard account back to an administrator.
Then sign in as that user, and open PowerShell as Admin.
Type the command: net user Administrator /active:no
Now the main user will be in full control again.
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