Becoming a Windows XP Administrator
A Windows XP Administrator is free run to quite
literally be able to do anything to a computer operating system.
The reason that computer user have
different degrees of security is to protect both the computer
and the information stored on it.
After all you would not want everyone to be able to see your
personal documents or to be able to install any application.
You may think it does not matter as you’re the
only person using your computer, but if you connect to the
internet this may not be true.
Connecting to the internet on a poorly protected computer is an
open invitation for hackers,
spyware and
viruses .
If you need to
perform any administration level tasks, this can include
installing or removing applications, running a
disk clean up or defragmentation
you will most likely need to be using a login account with
Administrator rights.
There are two distinct ways to do this
Windows XP administrator
account
Login using the built in Windows Administrator account, this
automatically has administrator rights.
Make yourself an
administrator
You can give your account administrator rights, there are a
number of ways to do this.
Go to control panels > User Accounts > if you’ve
logged in using an account that does not have administrator
rights you’ll be prompted to login as an Administrator >
click on the account you wish to give Administrator rights to >
Select Change my account type > now choose Administrator
Tips
If you’d like to give all new users of your computer
Administrator rights as a default, login using any account with
administrator rights > right click on My Computer >
select Manage > find Local Groups and Users >
select Groups > Administrators > Add > now
type Auth >Check Names > this will then add
Authenticated Users > this means any new accounts added to
your computer will automatically become Administrators.
If your not sure about giving someone complete access to your
computer from the section above you can specify a number of
other account options such as Power User which gives a level of
access in between User and Administrator and can be a good
compromise between the two.
This is especially useful in
environments where computers are moved between users who need to
have local Administrator access.
While you’re in
the users screen it’s a good time to make sure the Guest or
other accounts your not sure about are disabled.
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