How to make changes that are not allowed in a guest account in Windows 10 and 11?

[Nhonho]

How to make changes that are not allowed in a guest account in Windows 10 and 11, without having to always change the guest account to an administrator account to make the changes?

In the guest account, for example, can I just click on a button and enter the administrator account password to make the changes that the guest account does not allow?

I wanted to keep using the guest account on my PC on a daily basis because it is the most secure (the one with the most restrictions), but I didn't want to have to keep changing the guest account to an administrator account and then back to a guest account just to make some simple changes to it.

 

[Dr. Dro]

The guest account is meant to be used only by guests, who have no business changing any settings on the system. It is not meant for daily use and such restrictions are entirely intentional.

User account control prevents any permanent settings that require administrative privileges from being applied without express consent of the user. An administrator account (NOT the system's built-in administrator account, just an account that belongs to the Administrators usergroup) is what you should use if you own the PC, however, if you want an extra layer of added security (administrator password upon changing any settings) for when someone else is going to use the system, set up a standard (Users usergroup) user account.

1. Open user manager console (lusrmgr.msc)
2. Right click, "New user"
3. Set up the account
4. Define login policy (enable the account, set up password, if password must be changed during first logon, etc)
5. Add it to the "Users" group, click "Check names", OK
6. Logoff the administrator account and logon the new one

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