To manage your PC, a user of a modern operating system from Microsoft may need to learn how to administer Windows.

For this purpose, the OS provides many different tools that provide control of the computer both using the keyboard and mouse, and through remote access.

Most ordinary users who turn on a computer to run a game or access the Internet do not need to understand the administration features.

But, if you use these functions already built into the system, you can make your life much easier when performing any task on your PC.

Entering the computer management menu

To launch basic administration tools, open the management tab. This can be done in two ways:

• Enter the “Start” menu and right-click on “Computer” and select “manage”;
• Press the "Win" and "R" keys to open the command window and enter compmgmtlauncher. After the first launch, the command will be saved, and you no longer need to type it every time, but select it from the drop-down list.

After this, the system management window opens, where all the basic tools are presented that will allow you to fully customize it for your needs.

These same programs and services can be launched separately (for which there are special commands) or through the “Administration” item.

You often need to use tools to edit the registry when you encounter any problems with malicious code or startup programs.

It will also be useful in removing traces of any applications (including viruses, although not necessarily).

You can start the editor by opening the run window (Win+R) and entering the regedit command.

When editing it, you should remember that you should only change those items whose purpose the user is sure of.

Otherwise, you can disrupt the operation of your computer and even lead to the need to reinstall programs, drivers, or the entire operating system.

Local Users and Groups Editor

The ability to edit both individual PC users and their groups is not provided for all versions of Windows - only for professional ones.

But with its help, you can configure both the system and the ability of different people to access it, allowing them to use some programs and prohibiting them from running others.

Services

The Services tab provides access to the list. All services available in the operating system are presented here, including those that are running or disabled.

Some of them work automatically, and you should not interfere with the operation of these processes unless absolutely necessary.

However, there are services that are manually managed - this could be, for example, a program or its update utility.

Computer disk management

Not only an experienced user may need to manage computer disks.

Sometimes some of the disks (especially when using several hard drives or outdated FAT32 file systems on the computer) become invisible after reinstalling the system.

And to find them you will have to go to this control menu.

Using the disk management utility, you can enable or disable various partitions on hard drives connected to the PC, change their names and letters.

You can also solve the problem with a flash drive that won’t open here, without using third-party programs.

device Manager

To install new equipment and resolve issues with drivers, you cannot do without using the device manager built into the system.

In addition, while working with a list of devices, you can enable or disable them.

And also find out information about everyone that may be required, for example, to check whether the computer configuration meets the requirements of the program (game).

Task Manager

The task manager has quite a lot of functions.

First of all, it turns out to be useful when searching malware(viruses) that launch unrelated processes to be executed by the computer.

Here, on Windows 8 and 10, you configure applications that automatically load with the system (“Startup”).

Events

A utility for viewing events in the system is not always useful even for an experienced PC user and administrator of a group of such computers.

However, using this tool you can easily determine the cause of the problem.

True, its use requires special knowledge, without which it is better not to take any action.

Windows provides system scheduling for a number of tasks. Thanks to this utility, you can schedule, for example, periodic defragmentation or disk check.

Although some malware also uses it.

So, when getting rid of viruses, it is worth checking the scheduler.

System Monitor

Using the “System Monitor” utility, you can obtain data on the load on certain components of the PC - memory, processor and paging file.

And many more useful information about the operation of the system.

Resource Monitor

Part of the data about Windows work available directly from the task manager.

However, the "resource monitor" provides a more complete picture of the use of PC resources by all processes on the system. To do this, click the "Start" button.

In the search box, type Resource Monitor, and then select Resource Monitor from the list of results.

Firewall

The purpose of a standard firewall is to ensure network security. Without it, most antiviruses will not be effective.

If you use additional settings utilities, you can significantly reduce the likelihood of your PC being hacked and getting viruses on it.

Important! True, using a firewall can also interfere with the launch of others, necessary programs, which have to be added to his list of exceptions.

Remote administration

The computer can be administered directly by the user himself, but in some cases there is a need to provide remote control.

The reason is usually the inability to independently deal with system problems.

And, so that an experienced user does not have to be physically present at the computer, there is the possibility of remote administration.

Sometimes such an opportunity is required for the user himself, working on home computer from home or vice versa.

To provide access to one PC from another requires installation and configuration special program. The most commonly used application for this is TeamViewer.

In the possibility of this popular program included simple remote access, which even an inexperienced user can handle.

In addition, TeamViewer is easy to install and has relatively in a simple way access.

It is enough to enter the computer ID and its password, after which you can administer a system physically located even several thousand kilometers away.

conclusions

Using Windows system administration utilities may be a good option for controlling all processes occurring on your computer.

However, without the appropriate knowledge, you should not try to make changes to the operation of the OS, as this can lead to serious consequences.

Administration in Windows 7

Getting to know the Administration section of the panel Windows management 7

A very common situation occurs when some users running Windows 7 operating systems do not have rights to delete a file or folders with files (a lock on the folder icon).

When you try to carry out some actions, the system displays an error about insufficient rights and sends you to contact the system administrator.

Assigning administrator rights in Windows 7

Not every software in Windows 7 you can install with standard rights. At times it is necessary to have maximum privileges on the system. As they also say, superuser rights. But by default, this “account” is blocked in order to increase the security of use of the operating system by ordinary users, to limit their interference in system processes, as well as to prevent the penetration of malicious code.

But it is possible to bypass these rules and perform necessary actions in the system by unblocking this account for the required time. This also helps in solving problems with access to some folders with files in Windows system 7, with the launch of programs, if any.

Having taken over administrator privileges in Windows 7, you will also have access to the following actions:

• making adjustments to system catalogs (installing or removing software, device drivers or ActiveX components;
• adjustment of the Start menu (for any user);
• download and installation Windows updates 7;
• adjustment Windows Firewall 7;
• interference with user account control;
• setting up parental restrictions;
• setting up the task scheduler;
• recovery system files Windows 7 from backups;
• all possible manipulations in the directory of any user;
• editing the registry.

How to activate administrator rights?

If on workstation You have a classic Start menu, go to Control Panel and click on the Administrative Tools icon. Otherwise, the “Administration” icon will be located when you select a category with small icons in the “Control Panel”.

Double-click the “Computer Management” icon and go to the “Local Users and Groups” snap-in. Next, in the list of names (right side of the management console), go to the “Users” folder. By right-clicking on the “Administrator” account, you will need to select “Properties” in the context menu. Clear the checkbox next to the “Account deactivation” item.

Next in the field “ Full name"Come up with a signature that does not match the name of the computer owner (it was set when installing the Windows 7 operating system). Click the “Apply” button and OK. After this, restart your computer and you can log into the system under an unlocked administrator account with the corresponding rights.

The management console can be opened in another way. Right-clicking on the “My Computer” icon brings up a drop-down menu. In it you need to select the “Manage” command. In the console window (on the left side), click on the “Local Users and Groups” snap-in.

You can always disable the User Account Control (UAC) feature. To do this, open the “User Accounts” item in the “Control Panel”. Select the item “Changes control parameters” and move the slider to the bottom state. The system will independently recognize each user as a computer administrator.

There is another simple way. In the window for launching programs, or using the key combination win+r, enter secpol.msc and run the command. Check "Run with administrator rights". Then open the Local Policies and Security Settings nodes.

In the list of policies, select "Accounts" and look at the status of the "Administrator" entry. If it is disabled, select “Properties” and toggle its status.

If you installed Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Home Basic on your computer, then in the Start menu, click Run, then type cmd. Right-click and select “Run as administrator.”

Enter the following command:

net user Administrator /active:yes

Confirm your entry with the Enter button and restart your computer. Log in as an administrator.

An additional way to give a user administrator rights in Windows 7

In addition to all of the above, you can also use local application of administrator rights. What could this mean? Let's assume you have a program installed and administrator rights are required for it to work correctly. Here you can use the first method by enabling the appropriate “account”, or you can change the setting, according to which the necessary software will be launched and operated under the administrator’s “account” (his rights will be extended and applied only to the program selected by the user). This method is the most secure, because you do not need to constantly enable and disable admin rights. To run the software in this mode, you need to hover the mouse over the shortcut and, by right-clicking, select “Run as administrator account.”

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In Windows 7, the built-in Administrator account, which has the highest rights, is disabled by default. This is done in order to limit the impact of inexperienced users and malware on system processes.

To enable the Administrator account in Windows 7, follow these steps.

1. Log into Windows 7 with Administrator rights (your account created during the installation of Windows 7).

2. Right click on the icon Computer on the desktop or in the Start menu and from the context menu that appears, select Control.

You can also open Control Panel -> Administration -> Computer Management.

3. In the left menu of the Windows 7 Management Console, open Computer Management > Utilities > Local users and groups > Users.

4. On the right side of the console window there is a list of accounts Windows users 7. Double-click the account (Administrator) and in the window that opens remove checkbox Disable account.

5. Click OK.

After completing these operations, the Administrator account will be enabled and available in the list of accounts on the Windows 7 authorization page.

6. Open Start and from the power off menu select .

7. On the login page, select Account.

8. Open Control Panel -> User Accounts.

9. From the list of accounts, select .

10. Click Creating a Password and be sure to set a password for this account.

Do not use for the Administrator account! The security of your computer depends on this account.

Notes. When working under the Administrator account, all programs, including malware, are launched as an administrator. User Account Control will not be able to protect the system from malicious influences. Therefore, use the Administrator account only for computer or domain administration purposes. Before changing users, be sure to close all running programs and log out (from the power off menu, select ).

Some programs and network connections installed under the Administrator account may not be available to other users.

We thank our reader Alex Red for the idea for writing this article.

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Comments (50) to “Administrator account in Windows 7”

Thank you, keep it up :)

such a question: my account, created when installing 7, is a member of the “administrators” group, but nevertheless, I have more than once encountered some restrictions when using it. How to fix it? I heard about a certain super administrator. Is this what it is?

Pasha, yes, this is the same “super administrator” with unlimited privileges.

Here is how it was …
During installation, I created a user (with administrator rights by default), then I decided, as you write here, to give myself the rights of a regular user, just to be safe. The first question arose was how to transfer my profile settings (desktop, shortcuts and all that) to the administrator (to any other user?), well, that’s okay, then I think I’ll dig deeper! I logged in as myself (with administrator rights), enabled the Administrator (superadmin) account, logged in under it, set myself the rights of a regular user and disabled the Administrator (superadministrator) account... now when I log in I log in as myself with the rights of a regular user, but run nothing from I can’t name the Superadministrator... accordingly, I can’t log into the system under it, after entering the password it says that your account is disabled, contact the system administrator!)
Any suggestions?
Actually, all this is not critical, 7′ is not the main one, so I’m just picking around for now... I’m just curious what’s what...)

Snowflake, we did NOT recommend setting the administrator to regular user rights. Now you will probably have to reinstall Windows 7.

I don't have the "Local Users and Groups" item in my management console.
although I am logged in as an administrator with a password.
What's the matter?

Thank you in advance.

I installed 7, created a user (during installation), but he is a member of the Debugger Users group, but I can’t enable the admin account, I don’t have enough rights. What can be done?

In the command line - net user administrator /active:yes (for Russian OS: net user Administrator /active:yes) And now the Administrator account will be available for selection

Launch command line naturally with administrator rights

Not here...?
on the Prof version (broken) there is an account group HomeUsers. There is no such group on the Enterprice version (official trial). Is it possible to install the HomeUsers group on Enterprice???
Thanks in advance.

"Some programs and network connections installed under the Administrator account may not be available to other users."

This is exactly the case for me. I’m a musician and I work in Cubase 4, but when I install a package of plugins from waves, only some of the plugins are displayed under my account in Cubase, but all of them are visible in the superadmin. Is there any way I can work under my own account with the rights of this superadmin? It's a hassle to constantly switch.
Win 7 x64.

How can I make my computer turn on automatically without clicking on the account icon?

Please explain to a noob.
You need to delete the folder. requires administrator rights. "Request permission from Administrators to edit this folder." I logged in as an administrator, and again they asked for permission from the “administrators”. The administrator account and mine are members of the administrators group. what to do?

Skeeter, you need to change the security descriptors.

can you tell me how to do this step by step? Because I can't do it...

But I get an error saying the memory cannot be read
what to do then:

1. How to get “Local Users and Groups” to appear???
2. “…security descriptors need to be changed.” Tell me how?

P.s.
Windows 7 Home Premium installed.
The Administrator account has been created, but it doesn't help.

Is it possible to somehow give myself unlimited rights to my account created when installing Windows 7? I just work in a program that asks for some files, but they are hidden for reading, and it’s not convenient to move from account to account.
Thank you in advance

Thank you for the information!!! Because in Windows XP Pro, I think it was different; during installation, an Administrator account was actually created, and when the system booted, a user with administrator rights (but he really was an administrator - and did not ask 1000 questions about access anywhere), although maybe I’m wrong.
I just don’t understand why in Windows 7 you should make an Administrator user (I have it written exactly like that in my accounts – Administrator) who is not actually an administrator! (It always requires running with administrator rights, although the accounts again say – ADMINISTRATOR ) - a type of snag for safety.
It would be better if it were just a user without administrative rights, and when installing the system, only a real ADMINISTRATOR account was created with all access rights!
Why do you need a virtual administrator who does not have full access to the system?

Dmitriy, at the very beginning of the article it is written why this was done.

Good afternoon,
Win7HP Rus BOX 32b, I tried to do it as described, but the Local users and groups section is still not displayed for me.
Is it possible to make it (by command, registry or patch) so that Local users and groups are displayed and accessible as in your screenshots?
Thank you.

I did this - the administrator appeared and you can log in under him, but the Local users and groups section is invisible...
are there any other ways?

Dmitry, what is "Win7HP"? Which one is on your computer? If not Professional, Maximum, Corporate, then only an OS upgrade can help.

“Dmitry, what is “Win7HP”? What edition of Windows 7 is on your computer? »
– I have Windows 7 Home Premium (Windows 7 Home Premium).
“if not Professional, Maximum, Corporate, then only an OS upgrade can help.”
– M$ idiocy? if you have a connection there, then please tell me that the legal user is very upset and dissatisfied... firstly, because this point was not articulated anywhere (in the descriptions) and secondly, the meaning of such a restriction is questionable!

Dmitry What you pay is what you get. You're not indignant that kalach costs more than bread, do you? Or are you indignant?

this moment was not articulated anywhere (in the descriptions)

Not true. The feature set of each release of Windows 7 is described everywhere, including on the Microsoft website.

It’s a pity, but the cause of the problem, although I fixed it, I still didn’t understand: I enabled the Administrator account by default, configured it, disabled my own and deleted the profile and... within half an hour the RAM counter did not rise above 25%. HURRAY! Thank you very much for the article! But still, what was the operational sinker?

Max, is difficult to diagnose without seeing your computer.

Tell me again, I unlocked the Administrator account, logged in under it, I’m trying to put agent.key in the Dr.Web folder in the program files, but it still says that I don’t have enough rights, I tried to change the owner, but again I don’t have rights, I’m just terrified. maximum version

Doctor Web has its own protection, it can be disabled via the context menu on the tray icon

Thank you for your feedback (01/20). I understand that from words (while I’m forced to surf on a mobile phone) it’s difficult to make a diagnosis and conclusion, I thought maybe someone had encountered this.

I did everything as written here, logged in as an administrator, wanted to install the driver in compatibility mode but it didn’t work, it says I don’t have enough rights, tell me what to do?

At first I set automatic login without a password, it didn’t help. I still had to click on the icon. But it turned out like this: start - in the search engine: “splash screen” - change the splash screen - check “start from the login screen” - change power settings: actions of the power buttons - check “do not ask for password” - save changes. apply - ok.

I am a user with administrator rights. I tried to enable “superadmin” according to the instructions described above, but when I unchecked the box, I became a user without rights. And to enable the built-in Administrator account (Administrator), which has the highest rights, you need to: Start, in the search field type - secpol.msc > mouse button run with administrator rights. In the left window, go to “Security Settings” > “Local Policies” > “Security Settings”. In the right window, double click on “ Accounts: "Administrator" account status" > change to "enabled". (Windows 7 Maximum 6.1.7600 Build 7600)

Leonid, I check and uncheck the box, and the account created during system installation remains with the same rights.

It’s also possible through secpol, I agree.

Where to look and how to configure security descriptors so that the Administrator is really an ADMINISTRATOR, and not a h.z. by whom, otherwise I couldn’t even delete old files from Win XP under Vista and I can’t delete them under Win7. And this is called SAFETY? In my opinion, this is just insanity. Why do you need to spend so much time dancing around your computer to delete old files? Yes, I’m not a hacker, but there are millions like me and this problem is not only mine, it’s everyone’s! I hope very much for your help. But what happens is that progress is being made and in order to clean the screw from junk, you need to format it???? Not too much??

Sergey, such questions should be addressed to our forum (green link in the upper right corner). Comments are actually for notes on articles - scold/praise/add.

PS XP files can be easily deleted via SHIFT + DELETE, I have deleted them a thousand times and haven’t noticed any problems.

Hello. Please tell me how to rename the folder with my name, which was created when Windows installation 7. (It is located in the system folder “Users”)

Control Panel (View: Large Icons) > Change your account name. Enter a new name and press the button Rename.

Thank you, I'll try it now...

No, it doesn’t work... Login, yes, it has been renamed. But the folder in C: in the “Users” folder remained as it was before...

Windows 7 – impressions and facts:
In order not to break anything, there are users and experienced users.

I just encountered the same problem and solved it this way: went to safe mode and installed everything back

Any additional questions - only on the forum.

Please tell me!
How can I access resources over the network with permissions for the “administrators” group? (win7pro)
It turned out that on samba, Windows 7 allows the local administrator to actually have the rights simple user, and so far there is only one solution: to set rights on the resource for a specific user, which is extremely inconvenient. Again, what's the point of having administrative resources like C$ if they can't be accessed.

How to start administration?

Master's answer:

The set of programs for administration in Windows OS includes utilities for managing the launch of system services, local politics security, task scheduler and many other important controls for smooth and safe operation. Get access to this set system applications can be done in several ways, which may differ slightly in operating systems different versions.

Open main Windows menu by clicking the Start button or either of the two Win buttons on your keyboard. Find "Control Panel" there. In the version of Windows XP, it will be located in the “Settings” section, and in later editions of such an OS it can be seen immediately after opening the menu. Launch this panel.

In Windows 7, you can open the “Control Panel” through the standard Windows file manager - Explorer. Run this file, by double-clicking on the “My Computer” shortcut or on the Win + E key combination. In the application window, the “Open Control Panel” link is located under address bar, closer to the right side. Click on the link.

In Windows 7, this procedure can be done a little easier. Open the main menu, where in the “Search programs and files” field, enter “adm”. After this, you will immediately receive the result in the form of a list of links. The top link will be “Administration”, click on it, and then the window you need will open.

There is also a method that is suitable for any of the popular versions of Windows today. To do this, you need to open a standard program launch dialog, that is, a window that is launched by selecting the “Run” tab located in the main menu of the operating system. latest versions The OS has already removed such a link from the main menu, but the dialog can still be called up with hot keys - Ctrl + R.

Type or copy and then paste the control admintools command into the input field that opens, then press Enter or the “Ok” button. After this, a window with a set of administration programs will be launched.