How to change administrator accounts.

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Win7 64 bit - When I initialized windows I did not establish a login. Later on I established a user account as an administrator, (I thought). It is a Standard User account with admin privileges. The problem developed when I needed to access tools in CMD (fsutil) which required full admin privileges. I added an administrator account which allowed me to use the tools however I now have two accounts on the system. I am the only one that uses the computer. I would use the Admin account all the time and delete the standard user account however the desktop and programs are all different. Is there a method to have the Admin account take over my Standard User account, i.e. desktop, program configurations, etc.? I now know I should have set up only one account, (the Admin Account) and password protect it. I just forgot that a Standard User account, with admin privileges does not have the same privileges as the Administrator.
 
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A Standard User with admin privileges does in fact have the same access as the Administrator account. However, when logged on to the Administrator account, everything is "ran as Administrator." On your user account, just right click on the application you want to run as an administrator (with full administrator privileges) and select "Run as Administrator."

To answer your question, there is no way to transfer things like program configurations (they are saved in separate registry keys), but you can transfer data by going into control panel, select user accounts, manage accounts, select your user account, select delete account, keep data. This will create a folder on the current user's desktop which you can open to move the data from...
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A Standard User with admin privileges does in fact have the same access as the Administrator account. However, when logged on to the Administrator account, everything is "ran as Administrator." On your user account, just right click on the application you want to run as an administrator (with full administrator privileges) and select "Run as Administrator."

To answer your question, there is no way to transfer things like program configurations (they are saved in separate registry keys), but you can transfer data by going into control panel, select user accounts, manage accounts, select your user account, select delete account, keep data. This will create a folder on the current user's desktop which you can open to move the data from the old account to where you want it.
 
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