How to change "Computer administrator" to myself.

My wife has a new computer and I am his hand. I (have always been a user on his computer) had set her up as "Computer administrator" years ago and now want to change the 'admin' to myself, leaving him as a user just in case his new computer is having problems.
Is this possible without losing any files? Thank you
Green Lagarto
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Hello

Please visit the link mentioned to change the type of account below:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-a-users-account-type

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