Computer ownership and administrative changes

Registered Owner

Every computer connected to College wired network, Staff Wi-Fi or Staff VPN has a Registered Owner, this initially being the person who submitted the network request form for connection to the College network.
On Windows PCs, the Registered Owner should add their email address as an Administrator, this automatically happens during the initial network configuration steps.
On Windows PCs, the Registered Owner of a computer can add other College users as Administrators
On Windows PCs, the Registered Owner can request a reset of the local Administrator account password if required, by contacting the IT Service Desk.
On Apple Macs the person who sets up the computer initially will set the local Administrator account password and must know this password, IT Services will not have a record of this.

The Registered Owner can request a change in ownership by emailing the IT Service Desk with the computer name and the username of the new owner.
If the Registered Owner is unavailable, only the Head of Area or Line Manager can request ownership change and authorise local Administrator password reset on Windows PCs.

Users set up as Administrators have full access to all files and programs on the computer.
A local Administrator who is not the Registered Owner cannot request ownership change and cannot authorise Local Administrator password reset.
A local Administrator on a Windows PC can add other College users as Administrators.

Standard Users who are not Administrators can log on to a machine and use software, the internet or email.
Standard Users can only access files in their profile and cannot install software or drivers.