[nabs-l] making a non-administrator account

Munawar Bijani munawarb at gmail.com
Fri Apr 1 23:36:45 UTC 2016


Yes, you need to be logged in to an administrator account in order to 
change user permissions.

On 4/1/2016 7:14 PM, petras via nabs-l wrote:
> Do I have to han administrator account also active? I see that the 
> setting is grayed out and I can't change it, since I only have one.
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> Hi,
> Go to Control Panel and type "user".  You will see an option for user
> accounts.  From here, you can add a new user account.  During the setup
> process Windows will ask you to choose if this account should be
> "Standard User" or "Administrator."
>
> Alternatively, if you want to demote an account that has already been
> created, from "User Accounts" click "Manage Another Account." On this
> page, you can demote or promote existing accounts.
>
> On 4/1/2016 6:51 PM, petras via nabs-l wrote:
> Hello, I would like to create a user account that is not an
> administrator so that way someone that has your computer can't install
> a program.  How can I get this to work ! I'm not always administrqor?
>
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