{"id":8115,"date":"2016-10-27T02:04:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2016-10-27T02:18:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T02:18:45","slug":"change-user-account-type-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-user-account-type-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Change User Account Type in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to change account type using cmd? Cannot change user account type back to administrator? In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 ways to change user account type between Administrator and Standard user in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from PC Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Press the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app, and then click Accounts<\/strong>.\n

    \"accounts-settings\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Select Family and other people<\/strong> from the list on the left. Click on the account you want to change the type of, and click Change account type<\/strong>.\n

    \"family-other-people\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Select either Administrator<\/strong> or Standard User<\/strong> from the drop-down menu and click OK<\/strong>.\n

    \"change-account-type\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Change Windows 10 User Account Type Using User Accounts (netplwiz)<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Press Windows Key + R combination and then type netplwiz<\/strong> in the Run dialog box.\n

      \"netplwiz\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. The User Accounts dialog box will open. Select the account you would like to change and click the Properties<\/strong> button.\n

      \"user-accounts\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. Click the Group Membership<\/strong> tab. From there you can select the account type for that particular user.\n

      \"group-membership\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Open the Control Panel<\/a> in Large or Small icons view. Click User Accounts<\/strong>.\n

        \"control-panel\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. In the User Accounts screen, click the Manage another account<\/strong> link.\n

        \"manage-another-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. The Manage Accounts window appears, listing all the accounts on your computer. Click the account you want to change.\n

        \"windows-accounts-list\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      4. Click the Change the account type<\/strong> link in the list options.\n

        \"change-the-account-type\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      5. Select Standard<\/strong> or Administrator<\/strong> option as applicable in your case, and click the Change Account Type<\/strong> button.\n

        \"change-account-to-administrator\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Method 4: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Open an elevated Command Prompt<\/a> by pressing the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut and selecting “Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>“.<\/li>\n
        2. To change a standard user to administrator, you just need to add it to the Administrators group. Run the following command at the Command Prompt. Replace Tom<\/em> with your account’s name.
          \nnet localgroup Administrators Tom \/add<\/code><\/p>\n

          \"change-standard-user-to-admin\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        3. To change an administrator account to standard user, just remove it from the Administrators group. Type this command and press Enter.
          \nnet localgroup Administrators Tom \/del<\/code><\/p>\n

          \"change-admin-to-standard-user\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Method 5: Change Windows 10 User Account Type Using Bootable Disk<\/strong><\/p>\n

          User account switched from admin to standard and I can’t change it back? Lost administrator rights on your own PC? Just boot your computer from PCUnlocker Live CD<\/a>, and you can easily change the account type to administrator, without knowing the admin password. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Download the PCUnlocker ISO file using another PC you have admin access to, next burn the ISO to CD (or USB thumb drive) with the burning software ISO2Disc<\/a>.<\/li>\n
          2. Boot your target PC from the CD. PCUnlocker will launch automatically after the WinPE system is finished booting. Select a standard user and click the Reset Password<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n
          3. A confirmation dialog will open, asking if you’re ready to promote the selected account to administrator and remove its password. Click Yes<\/strong>.\n

            <\/p>\n

            Reboot your computer without CD. Now you’ve successfully changed standard user to administrator by running PCUnlocker outside of Windows 10.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            How to change account type using cmd? Cannot change user account type back to administrator? In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 ways to change user account type between Administrator and Standard user in Windows 10. Method 1: Change Windows 10 User Account Type from PC Settings Press the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3068,3067,3066],"class_list":["post-8115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-cant-change-account-type-to-administrator","tag-change-account-type-in-windows-10","tag-change-standard-user-to-administrator-in-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8115"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8133,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions\/8133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}