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Question

administrator

Oct 7, 2013 2:45AM PDT

how to become administrator

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Answer
Too vague.
Oct 7, 2013 2:53AM PDT

But first you decide, and then you do.

Maybe this was about Linux or some server or a company but if you want to be a administrator I bet you'll have to communicate more about what it is what you want to administrate.
Bob

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administrator on my own computer/
Oct 7, 2013 8:27PM PDT

I click tools/options, I am told I need administrator rights.

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Re: administrator
Oct 7, 2013 9:03PM PDT

The account created by Windows setup has administrator ritghts. Accounts you made yourself can have them, if you specified that it when creating it, or changed it later.

If you're logged in a non-administrator account, you can't make yourself administrator or create a new administrator account. That would be big security risk.

So if you use the right logon, you already are administrator. If not, log in to an existing administrator account to set your current account to have administrator rights, if necessary.

By the way, what tools>options do you click? There are so many programs that have them, that telling what you told isn't informative at all.

Kees

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browser
Oct 7, 2013 9:37PM PDT

tool/options used on ie 8

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Re: administrator
Oct 7, 2013 9:40PM PDT

Then make yourself administrator. I wrote above how to do it.
For safety, it's best to return to non-administrator after you did the necessary changes.

Kees

Kees