Making User Account into Admin Account


  1. StevenBonnellII
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    Making User Account into Admin Account


    I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, or even if this is possible, but...

    Is there any possible way to make it so that my normal account can be transformed into an administrator account?

    In order to make one of my games function properly, I need to enter the task manager and set the affinity so that the game uses 1 core to operate. In order to do this, I have to run the application, switch user accounts (from mine to the admin), set the affinity there, then switch back.

    It gives me no option to apply administrative settings when I try to set the affinity on my main account, it just tells me I can't.

    Any help would be great, thanks!
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  3. zigzag3143
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    StevenBonnellII said:
    I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, or even if this is possible, but...

    Is there any possible way to make it so that my normal account can be transformed into an administrator account?

    In order to make one of my games function properly, I need to enter the task manager and set the affinity so that the game uses 1 core to operate. In order to do this, I have to run the application, switch user accounts (from mine to the admin), set the affinity there, then switch back.

    It gives me no option to apply administrative settings when I try to set the affinity on my main account, it just tells me I can't.

    Any help would be great, thanks!
    Hi ans welcome to seven forums

    Why not either run as admin all the time, or Run with elevated rughts? There is even a tutorial on how to run elevated rights in the tutorial section here on SF

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