What is administrative authority and why is it necessary for me to have to add my printer? -

How much more can I own my computer? I bought it!

Generally you need to be an administrator to do anything like adding users, adding hardware, and installing programs on your computer. You can try Start gt;gt; Log Off gt;gt; Switch Users and try logging on with the username quot;Administrator.quot; If you bought your computer they should have set up up as an administrator by default. You can also go Start gt;gt; Control Panel gt;gt; User Accounts to view the details of the users set up on your computer. At the bottom of this screen will be the users who are set up and their privileges. If you are an administrator it should say quot;Computer Administratorquot; beside your name. On this screen if you click quot;Change an accountquot; and then click your username, you may be able on the next screen to click the option quot;Make admin.quot; Here you can also change passwords etc. Hope that helps.

Unless you want the capability to do administrative privileges, that allows you to alter system settings. It is NOT necessary to add to your printer.