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by wejacobsen

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How do I make a user the Administrator of his own pc using Windows 2000 Pro?.Everytime I try to change or add a software package I get a prompt-You do not have the correct privileges-see your System Administrator.

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by bughunter

On a Win2K Pro machine.

The short version;

Start Button/ Settings/ Control Panel/ Users and Passwords/

Click the Advanced tab at the top of the window,
Click the Advanced button in the Advanced User Management Section...

Either add a new user to the user folder and give them administrator's rights or add an existing user to the administrators group.

by reference

Another idea, if security is not an issue, is to add everyone to the administrators group. Start>Settings>Control Panel>User/Passwords> Click Advanced tab> Click Advanced button> DoubleClick Groups> DoubleClick Administrators> Add /everyone to the list.
This will eliminate ANY further "rights" issues, but like I stated before, not very secure...just depends on your situation.

by joseph moore

Personally, I do this from the Local Users And Groups MMC snap-in.
Right-click on My Computer -> Manage -> Local Users and Groups -> Groups
Double-click on Administrators.
Click Add.
Browse through the list to add the appropriate user name (if it is a domain account, then select the domain in the Domain drop-down list). Click OK both times when you are done.
Voila! Admin rights for the user.

If you get bored, and you want to do this from a Command Prompt, the syntax is:

NET LOCALGROUP Administrators YOURDOMAIN\USERNAME /add

hope this helps

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