How to become Administrator ? URGENT please...

Moving to the Windows Community

hi Alldaylong​ Right now your account is a standard user in Windows 10, which means you can sign in and use apps — but whenever something requires elevated privileges (installing software, changing system settings, etc.), you hit that User Account Control (UAC) box asking for the Administrator password.

Unfortunately, there’s no “magic” way to promote yourself to admin without either:

• having the current admin’s password, or
• creating/signing in to another account that already has admin rights.

Windows is designed this way to prevent exactly what you’re trying to do from being done without permission — otherwise any malware could just give itself admin privileges.

Check below Options to regain Administrator access, might work.

Contact the current Administrator (ideal but you said you can’t)

If this PC is managed by a workplace, school, or previous owner, the only clean and legal route is to reach out to them.

Sign in with another Microsoft account that is an admin

If you have another Microsoft account you’ve used on this PC before, try signing in with it — sometimes Windows keeps more than one account on the machine, and one may already be admin.

Use an existing local Administrator account

• At the Windows login screen, check if there’s an account called Administrator or other names you recognize.
• If it’s there, try logging in (password might be blank if never set — but on a corporate or second-hand machine it won’t be).

If you own the PC and can prove it — reset it

If it’s truly your PC and there’s no way to get the admin password:

• Backup your files (use an external drive or cloud storage — you can still access your personal files as a standard user).
• Go to Settings → Update & Security → Recovery → Reset this PC.
• Choose Remove everything or Keep my files (keeping files still removes programs).
• During setup, create a new account — make sure to set it as admin.

This will wipe old admin accounts from the system.

If the PC is school/work managed

It may be joined to a domain or Azure AD — in that case, you won’t be able to make yourself an admin without the organization’s IT help. Any attempt to bypass will likely break your access or violate policy.