Why should a system administrator log in to a computer running a GUI environment as his/herself and then switch to the administrator account instead of logging in directly as the administrator? Solution In most of the cases system administrator must log in to a computers mostly with windows because it os required so that he/she can log in in to the GUI as root. other than the windows means unlike windows you cannot reboot this point to start using the system. From there you will be taken to the administrator account by using the existing account by using the administrator..