In the Windows operating system, the Administrator account gives access to setting up almost all components and viewing various resources. To set a password for the admin, you need to take a few steps.
Instructions
Step 1
Open the "Control Panel" with the Windows key or the "Start" button. If there is no desired item in the menu, adjust its display. Right-click anywhere on the taskbar and select Properties from the context menu. In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, make the Start Menu tab active.
Step 2
Click on the "Configure" button opposite the "Start Menu" item and go to the "Advanced" tab in the window that opens. Scroll down the list in the Start Menu Items group until you find Control Panel. In this branch, set a marker opposite one of the fields - "Display as menu" or "Display as link". Apply the new settings.
Step 3
With Control Panel open, navigate to the User Accounts category. Select from the available tasks "Change account" or click on the line-link "User accounts". In the new window, click on the "Administrator" icon with the left mouse button. When the window refreshes, select the Create Password task.
Step 4
In the updated window, in the first field, enter the password that you will use to log in to the system, in the second field, confirm it. The third field can be left blank, or you can enter a password hint. Click on the Create Password button or the Enter key on your keyboard.
Step 5
When you select the "Change Password" task, the window contains four fields. In the first, enter the password with which you last logged into the system. Enter the new password in the second field, confirm it in the third, the fourth field is optional.
Step 6
If you want to remove the password altogether by selecting the "Change password" task, fill in only the first field, and leave all the rest blank. Confirm the changes with the appropriate button or with the Enter key.
