Change a user's account type
When you set up Windows, you were required to create a user account. This account is an administrator account that allows you to set up your computer and install any programs that you'd like to use. Once you finish setting up your computer, we recommend that you create a standard account and use it for your everyday computing. If you create new user accounts, you should also make them standard accounts. Using standard accounts will help keep your computer more secure.
The steps that you should follow will vary, depending on whether your computer is on a domain or a workgroup. To find out, see "To check if your computer is on a workgroup or domain" in What is the difference between a domain, a workgroup, and a homegroup?
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Open User Accounts by clicking the
Start button
, clicking
Control Panel, clicking
User Accounts, clicking
User Accounts again, and then clicking
Manage User Accounts.
If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. -
On the Users tab, under Users for this computer, click the user account name, and then click Properties.
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On the Group Membership tab, click the group you want the account to be in, click OK, and then click OK again.
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Open User Accounts by clicking the
Start button
, clicking
Control Panel, clicking
User Accounts and Family Safety, clicking
User Accounts, and then clicking
Manage another account.
If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. -
Click the account you want to change, and then click Change the account type.
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Select the account type you want, and then click Change Account Type.
