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Admin rights in Windows 8

Old 20th August 2015 | 15:27
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Admin rights in Windows 8

How do I enable Admin rights in Windows 8 please? Tried googling and going on Microsoft site, but none of their so called fixes works. Want to delete some viruses Spybot found but says I need to be logged on as an administrator
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Old 21st August 2015 | 11:57
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Which flavour of W8, it may make a difference.

I just found this, it may be of use

After Windows 8 upgrade user account no longer has admin. rights - Microsoft Community
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