How do I set my user account to Administrator? (Vista)

[Kramerican]

Hey, I wan't to make sure I have admin acess, how do I make sure I am an admin?

 

[philbrown23]

I just disable user account controls, but you can also do this: go to start menu and type UAC in the search bar, click on user account controls, click on your account then set it as the administrator.

 

[Kramerican]

kk got it, thanks

 

[Mithent]

Erm, UAC isn't really related to whether your account is in the Administrators group. Don't turn UAC off just to get "admin access". UAC is a security feature.

Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts
Change your account type (may require UAC prompt/admin password)
Ensure it's set to "Administrator", not "Standard user".

 

[Kramerican]

Erm, UAC isn't really related to whether your account is in the Administrators group. Don't turn UAC off just to get "admin access". UAC is a security feature.

Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts
Change your account type (may require UAC prompt/admin password)
Ensure it's set to "Administrator", not "Standard user".

Yea, just by going to the user accounts page, I could see it was already set to Administrator. So I don't have to do anything. Thanks for the input guys.

 

[Down8]

Simpler way:

Start > click your logon icon.