Why Does My Computer Say I’m Not the Administrator?

Why am I not the admin of my own PC?

If you do not belong to the administrators group then the person that installed windows should have access to the built in administrator account (since windows must have at least one active admin account). If you are the sole owner of the computer you could make him give your user account administrator privileges.

How do I make myself administrator on my computer?

How to change user account type using Control Panel

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Under the “User Accounts” section, click the Change account type option. …
3. Select the account that you want to change. …
4. Click the Change the account type option. …
5. Select either Standard or Administrator as required. …
6. Click the Change Account Type button.