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How To: Add an user to Power User group in Windows 7

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Last updated: Aug 13, 2019 by Deepankana Roy (Unlicensed)
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This article will be helpful in resolving and troubleshooting issues which need to access the Windows Registry because Windows registry changes can only be made if an user is defined as a Power User.

Step-by-step guide

Follow the given steps to add user to the Power User Group

  1. Open Computer Management.

  2. Click Groups in the console tree.

    Where? Computer Management/System Tools/Local Users and Groups/Groups

  3. Right-click the group in which the member has to be added, click Add to Group, and then click Add.
  4. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, do the following:
    1. To add a user account or group account to this group, under Enter the object names to select, type the name of the user account or group account that you want to add to the group, and then click OK.
    2. To add a computer account to this group, click Object Types, select the Computers check box, and then click OK. Under Enter the object names to select, type the name of the computer account that you want to add to the group, and then click OK.

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Notes:

  1. To perform this procedure, you must be the member of the Power Users group who created the account or a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
  2. To open Computer Management, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
  3. To remove a member from a local group, select the user account, computer account, or group account in Members, and then click Remove.
  4. All the rights and permissions assigned to a group are assigned to all members of that group. For more information, see Related Topics.
  5. Limit the number of users in the Administrators group since members of the Administrators group on a local computer have Full Control permissions on that computer.
  6. If the computer is joined to a domain, you can add user accounts, computer accounts, and group accounts from that domain and from trusted domains to a local group.