Administrator Account

An account that can change anything on a computer: install programs, change settings, and see everyone’s files.

Office computers have two kinds of account:

• Your everyday account, which you use for normal work. It can’t install programs or change important settings.
• An administrator account, used only by the sysadmin for installing software and changing settings.

If a window pops up asking for an administrator password, don’t try to get around it. It means something is trying to make a change to the computer. If you weren’t expecting it, close the window and tell the sysadmin.

See Privilege Escalation for why it’s set up this way.