pp108 : Changing Access Rights of the User

Changing Access Rights of the User
This topic describes the procedure to change the access rights of a user in windows environment.


  1. Right-click My Computer on your system and select Manage option. The Computer Management window appears.
  2. Go to Computer Management (Local) > System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Groups. All the groups accessing your machine are displayed.
  3. Select and double-click Administrators. The Administrator Properties dialog box appears and lists the administrators.
  4. You can add or remove administrators.
    • To add a user as an administrator, do the following:
      1. Click Add. The Select User, Computers, or Groups dialog box appears.
      2. Enter the user name in the Enter the object names to select field and click OK.
    • To remove a user as an administrator, do the following:
      1. Select the user you intend to remove from the Administrator Properties dialog box.
      2. Click Remove.
  5. Click Apply and OK in the Administrator Properties dialog box.

    Administrative privileges are changed to the user.