{"id":11400,"date":"2018-05-07T02:15:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T02:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=11400"},"modified":"2018-05-07T02:17:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T02:17:10","slug":"check-if-i-have-windows-administrator-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/check-if-i-have-windows-administrator-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check if I Have Windows Administrator Rights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do I have local admin rights? Before you can make system-wide changes to the system, such as install software or run elevated command prompt, you&#8217;ll need to log into Windows as a user with administrative rights. Here&#8217;s how to quickly check if a user account is an administrator or not in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7 \/ Vista \/ XP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Check for Administrator Rights Using Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/9-ways-to-open-control-panel-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Control Panel<\/a> in <strong>Large icons<\/strong> view, and then click <strong>User Accounts<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/user-accounts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11402\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Manage another account<\/strong> link.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/manage-another-account.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"289\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11403\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You should see all the accounts on your computer. If your account has admin rights, you can see the word &#8220;<em>Administrator<\/em>&#8221; under your account name.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/windows-account-list.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11404\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tAs you can see from the screenshot above, <em>pcunlocker<\/em> is an administrator while <em>david<\/em> is a standard\/limited user.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Check for Administrator Rights Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + R keys on the keyboard to open the Run box. Type <strong>cmd<\/strong> and press Enter.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/run-cmd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11405\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the Command Prompt, type the following command and hit Enter.<br \/>\n<code>net user account_name<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/net-user-command.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"485\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11406\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll get a list of attributes of your account. Look for the &#8220;<strong>Local Group Memberships<\/strong>&#8221; entry. If your account belongs to the &#8220;<strong>Administrators<\/strong>&#8221; group, it should have admin rights.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do I have local admin rights? Before you can make system-wide changes to the system, such as install software or run elevated command prompt, you&#8217;ll need to log into Windows as a user with administrative rights. 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