This quick guide will walk you through the steps of creating an admin account

with full privileges in Windows 7 and the latest Windows 10 operating systems.  

Click the Windows button > Right click Computer > Select Manage. You will
need an admin account to perform this task.
The Computer Management console opens with several System Tools options.
Locate and expand the tree for Local Users and Groups.

Highlight Users and notice the list of all users on the computer. Right click the
space below to continue.

Select New User and type your admin Username and complex secure password.

If you are creating a standard user account, you may want to check box for user
to change their password on next logon.

For this task however, we want to check User cannot change password and
Password never expires and click Create. 

You get the option to disable a local account in this window. 

Next Right click the newly created username and select Properties > Member of
tab > Add button

On the new dialog box click on Advanced > Find Now

Look through the search results and select Administrators > OK > Apply and
close. 

Log off from the session and you get an option to sign in using your newly
created admin account.
                          Creating Admin Account in Windows 10   
The process to create an admin account in Windows 10 is slightly different.
Sysadmins who are familiar with the changes would notice the device manager
unlike seen in Windows 7 does not have the tool to manage users and groups.

To enable integration of Windows 10 into Microsoft’s Azure Cloud infrastructure

has seen some of the usual features changed to accommodate joining an Azure
Active Directory domain for example. 

In the search panel type User Accounts and select the option from the results. 

Click Manage another account from the options available in this window.
You can now click Add a new user in PC settings. Any existing accounts will be
displayed here.

                                         Click + to Add someone else to this PC. 

Microsoft gives you the option to integrate using phone or email credentials from
some of your products such as Outlook, office, Skype and Xbox.

Click I don’t have this person’s sign-in information to proceed. 

You may click Add a user without a Microsoft account for the option to set up a
local account.
Here you have the option to create a user account with a secure password.
Remember to add a password hint as Windows would prevent you from
proceeding further in the process.

Your new admin account should now be visible in family and other users window.
Highlight the account to reveal options to change account type or remove the
account from the computer. 
Clicking the dropdown menu gives the options to set the account as administrator
or a standard user. 

As before, log out of the current sessions and find your new admin account you
just created.
Remember to always check a local administrator account exists on a computer
before disjoining from a domain environment.
You may find yourself trying to troubleshoot a connection problem between a
server and a client computer, sometimes requiring the client to be disconnected
from the domain.

Double checking you have a local administrator account could save you a lot of
rebuilding time.