Monday, January 6, 2014

Activate the Administrator User Account and Delete any Local User Account

Most of the Computer Users use their computer as a Local User. After installing an Operating System of Windows, it offers the users to create an Local User Account. And there is no way to avoid this step. It mainly happens when you install a Windows Xp or Windows 7. However, are you using your Computer as an Administrator? You may check that also by following the steps given below.

There is a great difference between a Local User and an Administrator. An Administrator can access and change a lot of a Computer System than a Local User. After completing the installation when you will access your Computer System for the first time then you are bound to log on as a Local User. That's why you don't have sufficient right to access all of the settings.

If you want to use your Computer System as an Administrator then you need to follow the steps given below. You can also delete the current user account if you want.

 Step 01  Right Click on Computer and then Click on Manage
Go toStart Menuand right click onMy Computer first. After clicking on the My Computer a pop-up menu will open. Now click on Manage from the menu.
 Step 02  Click on Local Users and Groups
After clicking on Manage, the Computer Management Window will open as the image given below. Now click on Local Users and Groups first and then click on Users. There you will found all the available user account of your computer system.
 Step 03  Right Click on Administrator and then Click on Properties
After clicking on Users, you will get all the user accounts available in your computer system. Look at the image given below, there are four user accounts. But the Administrator User Account is with a down arrow key sign. That means this user account is disabled. Now right click on the Administrator User Account and then click on Properties from the pop-up menu.
 Step 04  Enable the Administrator Account
After clicking on Properties, a pop-up window will open like the image  given below. Now deselect the box where is written Account is disabled. Finally click on OK. Now restart your Computer System and use your computer as an Administrator.
 Step 05  Delete an Account if You Want
You need to right click on the user account you want to delete. After clicking on the User Account a pop-up menu will open like the image given in the 3rd step. Now click on Delete to delete the account permanently and restart your computer.


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