Every Windows computer has a Local Administrator account that is created at the time of Windows installation. As described above, the Administrator has full access to the Windows device as compared to ...

Since 2006, Microsoft has been bundling the PowerShell command-line shell that administrators can use to manage their computers and other computers on a network. "Windows PowerShell is a Windows ...

In Windows 10, as in every release since Windows Vista, the built-in Administrator account is disabled. You can enable that account with a couple quick commands, but ...

This tutorial will help you easily check if your User Account has Admin rights in Windows 11/10 so that you can access it and use it. There is a Standard, Work & School, Child, Guest, and ...

Much of the time, opening the Command Prompt as a regular user is all you need. Sometimes, though, you'll need to open the Command Prompt as an administrator so that you can run commands that require ...

When Microsoft created Windows 10, one of its primary design goals was to return a sense of normalcy to the GUI following the Windows 8 fiasco. For the most part, I think that Microsoft did a good job ...

This single action could save your Win10 PC from external threats This article describes how to change the built-in Administrator account name in Windows 10 to bolster your computer's security. We'll ...

If you're sick of seeing those UAC pop-ups, you can get rid of them by setting programs to run in administrator mode by default. Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...