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Make Me Admin is a simple, open-source application that allows standard user accounts to be elevated to administrator-level, on a temporary basis.
Faculty and staff often have a legitimate need for administrative privilege on their University-owned computers. Administrative privileges may be required to install software and updates, perform computer management tasks, or run some software packages. However, using administrative access for everyday tasks such as reading e-mail or browsing the web carries an increased risk. Malicious software can take advantage of administrative privileges to jeopardize the operational integrity of a computer system. To that end, central IT may have implemented Make Me Admin on all newly deployed central IT managed computers. Make Me Admin disables administrative access to your computer but also allows you to quickly and temporarily have admin access to download essential software or take other administrative actions as needed.
| Who can use the Make Me Admin application? |
What computers can use Make Me Admin? |
What computers can not use Make Me Admin? |
| All faculty and staff who have a computer assigned to them by central IT. |
All Windows 11 central IT managed assigned user workstations will have the Make Me Admin application installed and made avaliable to the assigned user of that workstation. |
All Classroom, Labs and Shared Workstations will not be able to use Make Me Admin. |
Getting Started
- Open the Make Me Admin application on your computer. It can be found by searching Make Me Admin in the start menu.
- Once opened click on Grant Me Administrator Rights button.
- When prompted select a reason for Administrator rights or type a business justification into the text box. Then press OK.
Please Note: Admin access is automatically revoked after ten minutes or when you click Remove My Administrator Rights.
- Once you have admin rights, you may still get prompted to enter your username and password when installing software or changing settings.
Common Questions
- How often can I active admin rights on my computer?
You are more than welcome to active your admin rights as often as you need.
- What happens to applications or processes that are open when my admin rights expire?
Nothing your applications or processes will continue to run without any issues.
- The Make Me Admin tool does not allow me to activate admin rights.
If the Grant Me Administrator Rights button its greyed out please reach out to your desktop support group as they will need to assist you.