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Vista Administration, Accounts and Passwords Queries, comments and issues relating to the administration of Windows Vista. (microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords) |
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Can't change a guest account
I'm running Vista SP 1. I have an account called 'owner' that was created at
some point early on when I got the machine. It is my primary user account. I have recently found out that the account is a 'guest' account and not a 'standard' or 'administrator' account like I thought. Therefore, I can't run certain programs or even Windows Update under this account. Can anyone tell me how to change this account to an 'administrator' account? I've tried everything I can think of and need some additional help. Thanks, Lane |
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Can't change a guest account
yes you can change it to the admin account. Click on start menu, right click
on Computer, Click on manage. Go to Local use and groups - Users. Right click on Guest - properties Click the second tab "Member of". Click on Add. Add the Administrators group to the guest account. Click ok. "Lane" wrote: I'm running Vista SP 1. I have an account called 'owner' that was created at some point early on when I got the machine. It is my primary user account. I have recently found out that the account is a 'guest' account and not a 'standard' or 'administrator' account like I thought. Therefore, I can't run certain programs or even Windows Update under this account. Can anyone tell me how to change this account to an 'administrator' account? I've tried everything I can think of and need some additional help. Thanks, Lane |
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