How to Get Admin Privileges on Windows 8?

How to Make a User Account an Administrator in Windows 8

Open the Start menu and type in "User." Select "Settings." Select the "User Accounts" option in the top left corner. Select "Change your account type" from the User Accounts screen. Select a user, and then click the "Administrator" option.

How do I Run Windows 8 as an Administrator?

Go to Windows 8.1 UI by pushing the Windows key on the keyboard.
Type cmd on the keyboard, which will bring up the Windows 8.1 search.
Right click on the Command Prompt app.
Click the "Run as administrator" button at the bottom of the screen.

How do I Make myself Admin of my Computer?

Go to Start > type control panel > double click on the first result to launch the Control Panel.
Go to User Accounts > select Change account type.
Select the user account to change > Go to Change the account type.
Select Administrator > confirm your choice to complete the task.

How do I Get Administrator Permission on Windows 8?

Press Windows key + R.
Type secpol.msc.
Navigate to Local Policies.
Click on Security Options.
Double click the entry Accounts: Administrator account.
Select Enable.
Click Apply and Ok.

How do I Run as Admin in Windows 8?

Go to the Start menu.
Rightclick the Start menu background to bring up the app commands.
Select All apps.
Rightclick the Command Prompt tile to bring up the app commands.
Select Run as administrator.

How do I Make myself an Administrator in Windows 8.1 Pro?

From the Start menu, navigate to Settings.
Select Accounts.
Select Family & other users.
For other users, click Add account.
Choose whether to create a Microsoft account or a local account.
Click the new local account entry to expand the menu.
Click AddChange account type.

How do I Give myself Administrator Privileges?

Open Control Panel.
Under the "User Accounts" section, click the Change account type option.
Select the account that you want to change.
Click the Change the account type option.
Select either Standard or Administrator as required.

How do I Enable Administrator Rights in Windows 8 Without Administrator Rights?

Boot from the Windows 8 boot media.
After Windows 8 setup started press SHIFT+F10 to access a command prompt .
Type copy /y d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\sethc.exe.
Remove the boot media and restart Windows 8.

How do I Enable Administrator Privileges in Windows 8?

Just press the Windows key to open the metro interface and then type command prompt in the search box . Next, rightclick on command prompt and Run it as administrator. Copy this code net user administrator /active:yes and paste it in the command prompt. Then, press Enter to enable your builtin administrator account.

How do I Give myself Administrator Privileges in Windows?

Click the Windows Start button.
Then click Settings.
Next, select Accounts.
Choose Family & other users.
Click on a user account under the Other users panel.
Then select Change account type.
Choose Administrator in the Change account type dropdown.