Make Me Admin

Owned by Viet Nguyen
Last updated: Aug 26, 2022
2 min read

Make Me Admin is an application that allows our end-users to grant themselves administrative rights for a 10-minute session. This is useful for tasks such as installing or updating software, installing local printers, running an elevated Windows command prompt, or executing sudo commands on a Mac. 



Windows Environment



1

Open the Make Me Admin application from the Windows Start Menu. (If Make Me Admin has is not in the Windows Start Menu, you can locate and install it from Software Center)

2

Click on "Grant Me Administrator Rights".

3

You will see a notification confirming you have administrator rights.

4Go ahead and run whatever tasks require administrator and when prompted, enter your UNI and password.
5After 10 minutes, you will see a notification saying your administrator rights have been removed. You may go back to Step 2 to re-enable administrator rights for another 10-minute session.


Mac Environment

1

Open the Make Me Admin application from the Applications folder. If you are on an older build, you may have to install Make Me Admin from Self Service first. 

2

Click on "Accept and Enable".

3

You will see a notification confirming you have administrator rights. Click "OK".

4Go ahead and run whatever tasks require administrator rights and when prompted, enter your UNI and password.
5

After 10 minutes, you will see a notification saying your administrator rights have been removed. You may go back to Step 1 to re-enable administrator rights for another 10-minute session.