Machine A - Time Machine Backup - Unable to restore Backup from Machine B

Hello,
My Workstation A has a time machine backup.
My workstation A bit the dust (24in new flatscreen)
I was able to borrow a laptop from a family member and have created another account.
From this user account I am able to ENTER time machine, SELECT the backup on the external hard drive.
My problem is when I try and select the files I need to restore in order to be able to continue my work, that I am getting an error message that says "insufficient access privileges"
How do I access my time machine backups made from my original workstation from a replacement machine ?
Thank you for your feedback.

I have 2 user ids on the laptop. Each userid is an admin account. The suggestion was enough for me to log in as the other user and try to access my backup data. I was able to access my TM backup data from one admin userid, but not from the other.
My goal was to get to my backup data. Once I was able to do this (one admin or another admin, it did not matter)...There is still the problem of why one of the admin's could access the time machine data and the other one could not.
Thanks for your suggestion. It helped me get to the data I needed.

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