{"id":1503,"date":"2019-05-22T12:23:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/?page_id=1503"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:00:09","slug":"computer-administrator-privileges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/policies\/computer-administrator-privileges\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Administrator Privileges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>Administrator privileges may be granted to 51ÁÔÆæ users of University-owned computers on a per-request basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users are required to submit a request to be granted administrator privileges. 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