Solved Making yourself admin on windows 11


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how to make yourself an administrator on windows 11 desktop.

As i'm trying to run a sfc /scannow and it asks me to make myself an admin. I'm the only user on my computer.

Was looking at some youtube videos and it said to go too "family and other users" but this doesn't show up on my settings anywhere.
 
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You can make an installer usb, boot it, “repair” and use Command Prompt. Run:

move c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\

copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe



Then boot back into your windows. Click the ease of access icon in bottom right. It will open command prompt as admin. Run:

net localgroup administrators UserName /add
 

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In the search box you type in:
cmd
then select: run as admin
that's it
 

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And how do you presume op is to run Cmd as admin if op is not an admin…

*based on the thread title
 

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POLYSIUS said:
In the search box you type in:
cmd
then select: run as admin
that's it
Click to expand...
'run' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
 

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Right click your start button. Select Terminal as Admin from the list. Post back if that launches. If so you are an administrator. If not do what I said before.
 

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yes
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Follow @POLYSUS instructions. see screenshot below:
 

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dacrone said:
Right click your start button. Select Terminal as Admin from the list. Post back if that launches. If so you are an administrator. If not do what I said before.
Click to expand...
That works.... Thanks
 

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Kosmo said:
That works.... Thanks
Click to expand...
Please mark as solved

As you are a new user, for future reference, you did not make it clear you already had admin rights.

First line implied you want to set up a new admin account which was not what you wanted.

Your issue was easy to solve but we would have got there quicker if you had made it clearer what your issue was.

This is not intended as criticism but purely to help you help us in future.
 

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cereberus said:
Please mark as solved

As you are a new user, for future reference, you did not make it clear you already had admin rights.

First line implied you want to set up a new admin account which was not what you wanted.

Your issue was easy to solve but we would have got there quicker if you had made it clearer what your issue was.

This is not intended as criticism but purely to help you help us in future.
Click to expand...
I was using the start then run then the commands which didn't work as an admin... Thanks
 

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Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10400F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz
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40.0 GB
Kosmo said:
I was using the start then run then the commands which didn't work as an admin... Thanks
Click to expand...
Please mark as solved.
 

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Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS Zenbook 14
CPU
I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
Motherboard
Yep, Laptop has one.
Memory
16 GB soldered
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated Intel Iris XE
Sound Card
Realtek built in
Monitor(s) Displays
laptop OLED screen
Screen Resolution
2880x1800 touchscreen
Hard Drives
1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
PSU
Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
Case
Yep, got one
Cooling
Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
Keyboard
Built in UK keybd
Mouse
Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
Internet Speed
900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
Browser
Edge
Antivirus
Defender
Other Info
TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

Macrium Reflect Home V8
Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
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