Cannot change account to administrator!

Anonymous
2012-11-03T17:01:26+00:00

Hi. I need to change my account to administrator so I can make changes to my internet accounts but my internet provider told me that I am just a standard user in Windows 8 and I need to change it to administrator. When I try to change my user profile from standard to administrator, Windows 8 won't let me, even though I am logged in under my Microsoft account. How can I change this? It's pretty frustrating!!

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Anonymous
2012-11-03T22:53:02+00:00

Hi. I need to change my account to administrator so I can make changes to my internet accounts but my internet provider told me that I am just a standard user in Windows 8 and I need to change it to administrator. When I try to change my user profile from standard to administrator, Windows 8 won't let me, even though I am logged in under my Microsoft account. How can I change this? It's pretty frustrating!!

Hi

You cannot use a Standard (Local) account to change the account to Administrator. You can only use an existing Administrator account to do this.

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.

Regards

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-11-29T02:48:01+00:00

    Thank you so much. I was going to rip out my hair today because I was so mad at myself. A message to other people; This also works of windows 10. 

    Thanks again. The Microsoft community is very fortunate to have someone like you!!!!

    May C 1234

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-02-15T13:37:24+00:00

    I guess I don't have administrator account please help

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-02-15T20:20:41+00:00

    If there are no Administrator accounts on the system, you can boot to Safe Mode to access the Built-in Administrator account. After Safe Mode starts, open Control Panel / User Accounts. Select manage another account and select the account you wish to change to an Administrator account. Select change account type. Select the Administrator option and click the change account type button. Exit Control Panel and restart the computer. Log on with your Administrator account. Worked for me ...!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-03-15T03:43:43+00:00

    unfortunately I cannot locate an administrator user account in control settings and therefore cannot make any changes!!!!  How do I find or make one, despite the computer telling me that there must be one, and asking me each change whether I want to allow the changes and providing NO as they only option...but then showing me that I only have a standard user when I look in user accounts.

    Please help.

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