On the other hand, a Standard account will only allow you to carry out the basic tasks, such as getting your hands on the installed apps. You wouldn’t be able to change any global level settings or carry out any of the aforementioned tweaks that an admin is capable of doing. If a need for carrying out the elevated task arises, the standard user would need the help of the admin’s account credentials/permissions. In this regard, the first account you log in to right after installing the OS would automatically be assigned as the admin account. Then all the subsequent accounts will be set as a Standard accounts. But the OS is quite flexible when it comes to dealing with user accounts. Windows 11 gives you the liberty to convert a Standard user account to an Administrative one as and when required. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. So without any further ado, let’s get started.

Convert Standard Account to Administrator in Windows 11

There exist five different methods through which you could carry out the said task. And we have listed all of them below. You may try out the one that is in sync with your requirement. Do note that no matter which method you try, you will need to have administrator account credentials/privileges for the first-time setup.

Via Settings Menu

From Control Panel

From User Accounts Menu

Via Command Prompt

From PowerShell

So these were the five different methods through which you could convert a Standard account to an Administrator account in Windows 11. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.

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