Create a local administrator account
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Generally, we recommend that everyone uses their personal College account to login to computers. In some situations, such as when cleaning malware, it may be prudent to use a local administrator account (and not a network account) to access a computer. If you expect that you will need a local administrator account for this purposes, here is how you can create one:
- Login with an account that has administrative privileges.
- Open Control Panel => User Accounts.
- Most of our computers are added to the Middlebury domain and therefore have a tab titled "Advanced" -- click on this tab, then click on the button titled "Advanced".
- A window titled Local Users and Groups will appear.
- To create a new local user, click on Users, then right-click on blank area in the right pane and select "New User".
- In the New User window that appears, the only required fields are the username and password box. We recommend that you set a strong password that complies to our handbook policy (see Handbook => Password Policy). We also recommend that you uncheck "user must change password".
- Click Create and click Close.
- To grant administrative privileges on the new local user, double-click the new user and click on the tab "Member of".
- Under "Member of" click Add and in the window that appears type in "Administrators" and click OK and OK again.
- This page was last edited on 28 July 2022, at 04:48.
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