If you have a computer of your own, you definitely want to own an Administrator account (otherwise, you won't be able to install any software or make important changes to it). However, if you want to perform tasks that make major changes to the system, such as installing software add, remove or change user accounts or run elevated commands you'll need an Administrator account. Standard users can perform all common daily tasks, such as run programs, surf the Web, check email, stream movies and so on. Windows 10 has two types of user accounts: Standard and Administrator. The quickest way to find out your account type and work with other accounts on your Windows 10 computer.