Quick Answer: How Do I Make My Account an Administrator 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 log into Windows 8 as an administrator?

To Open the Command Prompt as Administrator in Windows 8.1:

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

How do I give my account full administrator privileges?

Enabling the Administrator account using the command prompt is the quickest and easiest method.

1. Open a command prompt as an administrator by typing cmd in the search field.
2. From the results, right-click the entry for Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator.
3. At the command prompt, type net user administrator.