How to get administrative rights on windows 8

I have tried to enable the built in admin account not even that has admin rights apart from being able to change the system time. I have also tried re installing windows and it gives me all the admin powers BUT only for 15 minutes then I install the windows 8.

I can say that my pc was working fine in may and I am using all the same programs and drivers I was back then so nothing should be causing this. So now I have basically wasted all my minutes on my phone talking to them for no reason I cannot phone them back to tell them the result. Now I have been having this problem since the beginning of September and its really starting to tick me off.

This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. John Rubdy. Hi James, You may face this issue due to changes in Windows permission either by virus or some third party antivirus.

Follow these methods and check: Method 1: You can try turning off the User Account Control, follow the steps below: 1. Here is guide on How to take ownership and grant permission in Window 8. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

Are there any error messages you receive? In reply to Linney's post on November 2, There are no errors what so ever, and I don't need admin rights to access files I can not uninstall any programs apart from the odd one or two, cannot create any new users, change the system time even in safe mode. This connection may be using one or more protocols that do not support Plug-and-Play or it may have been initiated by another user or system account.

Please contact your computer administrator for help. In reply to John Rubdy's post on November 2, And to reply to your response, I have Avast installed and I defiantly have no virus' because I re installed windows the other day to see if that would fix my issues but it didn't as I mentioned it worked for 15 minutes then it stopped working again, then I installed the 8. And also one more things I only installed Avast after the admin rights issue, I installed all the programs I had before these issues occurred in the first place same for the drivers.

Any copy, reuse, or modification of the content should be sufficiently credited to CCM ccm. Previous Windows 8. I been trying to run a program as Administrator but no luck until read your article. The information will be used subject to terms and conditions, for advertising purposes. Windows 8. Open the Start screen. On the Start screen, start typing user. Select "User Accounts" from the search results.

There may be several options available to choose from. The User Accounts window ill open in the Desktop screen. Click the "Manage another account" option. If you aren't logged in as an administrator you will need to enter the administrator's password.

Click the account you want to make an administrator. There may be several to choose from if there are multiple accounts on the computer. Click the "Change the account type" link. This will open a new page with the different account options. Toggle "Administrator".

Click the Change Account Type button to save the changes. The account now has Administrator privileges. Method 3. Run the command from an elevated command prompt. To do that, you need to use the same procedure as in the Windows 7. Press the Windows key to get into the Metro interface if you are not already there. This opens a list of options at the bottom. Select Run as administrator there.

Accept the UAC prompt. Note that the account has not assigned a password to it, and that you should consider setting one to improve account security. My Samsung Windows 8 is secondhand and I don't have any information from the first owner who is signed in as administrator, how can I delete and change that previous account?

If it is a laptop and you don't have the login credentials, simply restore the laptop to factory default settings and it will be like new.