How to verify my current user has admin rights or not? [duplicate]

"Start -> Run -> cmd.exe

net user <username>

Will show your local group memberships at the bottom of the output so its easy to find. This is probably a lot faster than bumbling through a GUI to look for options (win+R,cmd,enter, no mouse involved).

If you're on a domain, use localgroup instead:

net localgroup Administrators

Check the list of local groups with localgroup on its own.

net localgroup"

"There is a very easy way to check if the current user has local admin rights in xp:

right click on start
check if you have the option to ""open all users""
if it's there, you have admin rights"

"To see if you are a member of the local administrators group use

net localgroup [admin group name]

(w/o the brackets, if the group name has spaces use """" around the name).

If you are unsure of the groups use

net localgroup

And that will give you all the local groups on your computer. Then use the first command to see if you're a member. This can help you figure out if you have full admin rights or maybe just Power User rights."

Actually, you just go and right-click any file and click "properties", then look at the security. This will give you a list of usergroups. Check if you're part of the admin usergroup or not and you'll know.