Admins

[Leader-of-hungary]

So I have 1 local user account on my pc and in the process I might have hit standard user and not kept my local user as an admin. Is there any way I can revert this.

[Levent]

You cant do that with W10 so I assume you are talking about W7?

[Leader-of-hungary]

9 minutes ago, Levent said:

You cant do that with W10 so I assume you are talking about W7?

Nope w10

[Founders]

You can try this if it still works (Option 1 only, don't try 2). 

[Leader-of-hungary]

51 minutes ago, Founders said:

You can try this if it still works (Option 1 only, don't try 2). 

I tried option 1 and now I can’t even get back into my pc.

[Leader-of-hungary]

So I’ve had some problems recently where after trying to change my local user name. I went through all of the steps to change my user name. Then as I found out my account wasn’t an admin. I don’t recall changing it. In one of my old posts I tried to find a way to change it back to an admin and that was to go in through safe mode I did and now I can’t even get in to my local account. I’ve tried and tried again to hopefully fix it but nothing’s worked. Can anyone help?

[Tan3l6]

Edit: https://turbofuture.com/computers/Using-Hirens-Boot-CD-to-Create-Admin-Accounts

[Leader-of-hungary]

1 hour ago, Tan3l6 said:

Edit: https://turbofuture.com/computers/Using-Hirens-Boot-CD-to-Create-Admin-Accounts

I’m not even able to get into my pc so how can I download it and I’m windows 10 it’s all in Xp.

[Jarsky]

9 hours ago, Leader-of-hungary said:

I’m not even able to get into my pc so how can I download it and I’m windows 10 it’s all in Xp.

It assumes you can get the boot cd/usb done on another machine, then plug it into the affected machine. 

 

 

The built in administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 10. You can enable it in Recovery Mode.

Start up your computer normally until it's at the Sign in screen. 

Hold the Shift Key and click the Power button and Restart (while continuing to hold shift)

Recovery menu should come up > Click Troubleshoot > Click Advanced Options > Click Command Prompt

Type in the cmd window

net user Administrator /active:yes 

Type exit and continue to a normal reboot. 

You should be able to login as Administrator then and modify your account as needed. 

If you cant then reboot into the recovery mode and go Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Setting > Restart 

Then on the boot option menu select Safe Mode with Networking, and modify/fix your account in Safe mode. 

[LogicalDrm]

*** Threads merged ***

 

Please don't post multiple times about same subject.

[Leader-of-hungary]

On 12/27/2019 at 12:49 AM, Jarsky said:

It assumes you can get the boot cd/usb done on another machine, then plug it into the affected machine. 

 

 

The built in administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 10. You can enable it in Recovery Mode.

Start up your computer normally until it's at the Sign in screen. 

Hold the Shift Key and click the Power button and Restart (while continuing to hold shift)

Recovery menu should come up > Click Troubleshoot > Click Advanced Options > Click Command Prompt

Type in the cmd window

net user Administrator /active:yes 

Type exit and continue to a normal reboot. 

You should be able to login as Administrator then and modify your account as needed. 

If you cant then reboot into the recovery mode and go Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Setting > Restart 

Then on the boot option menu select Safe Mode with Networking, and modify/fix your account in Safe mode. 

Ok I’ve got all that can you run me through the steps to change it as I don’t want to screw anything else up.

[Leader-of-hungary]

9 hours ago, Leader-of-hungary said:

Ok I’ve got all that can you run me through the steps to change it as I don’t want to screw anything else up.

 

On 12/27/2019 at 12:49 AM, Jarsky said:

It assumes you can get the boot cd/usb done on another machine, then plug it into the affected machine. 

 

 

The built in administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 10. You can enable it in Recovery Mode.

Start up your computer normally until it's at the Sign in screen. 

Hold the Shift Key and click the Power button and Restart (while continuing to hold shift)

Recovery menu should come up > Click Troubleshoot > Click Advanced Options > Click Command Prompt

Type in the cmd window

net user Administrator /active:yes 

Type exit and continue to a normal reboot. 

You should be able to login as Administrator then and modify your account as needed. 

If you cant then reboot into the recovery mode and go Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Setting > Restart 

Then on the boot option menu select Safe Mode with Networking, and modify/fix your account in Safe mode. 

I also don’t have the admin password so I can’t do that.