Windows 10 administrator problem

[Owen the Trusty man]

So recently my grandpa gave me an old pc from his office. It has an administrator account on it so whenever I try to download something, or change settings or stuff like that, it would ask for the administrator password (which I know). But it is really annoying and sometimes it denies access all together when I try to do stuff like change the password. So I figured out how to disable the administrator account but now when I try to do something like open a CD, it asks to “allow this app to make changes to your device?” But there is no yes button. Anybody know how to help? 

[Mira Yurizaki]

At this point I'd perform a Reset or reinstall (assuming the license key is either handy or baked in)

[Owen the Trusty man]

3 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

At this point I'd perform a Reset or reinstall (assuming the license key is either handy or baked in)

So your saying to factory reset?

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, Owen the Trusty man said:

So your saying to factory reset?

That or https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026528/windows-reset-or-reinstall-windows-10

[Owen the Trusty man]

12 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

That or https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4026528/windows-reset-or-reinstall-windows-10

I can keep my files like photos and stuff but not my apps like discord right?

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 minutes ago, Owen the Trusty man said:

I can keep my files like photos and stuff but not my apps like discord right?

Reset is effectively a reinstall, so it'll delete those. The other option, Refresh, leaves your personal files and OS settings alone.

 

Either way, I'd still recommend backing what you really want to keep just in case.

[Master Disaster]

To answer the question, you'd need to reset the Group Policies but to do that you'd need to know what was changed.

 

Honestly what @M.Yurizaki

 said is your best bet.

[asus killer]

don't you just need to go to the UAC and change the settings. Did you try putting it on the lowest setting "never notify"? 

 

[homeap5]

1 hour ago, Owen the Trusty man said:

So recently my grandpa gave me an old pc from his office. It has an administrator account on it so whenever I try to download something, or change settings or stuff like that, it would ask for the administrator password (which I know). But it is really annoying and sometimes it denies access all together when I try to do stuff like change the password. So I figured out how to disable the administrator account but now when I try to do something like open a CD, it asks to “allow this app to make changes to your device?” But there is no yes button. Anybody know how to help?

 

On this forum if you asks for anything related to Windows, you'll probably (95% probability) get answer "reinstall windows". It mostly means "I don't know what to do, but I really want to answer anything and the only method I know to resolve any windows problem is reinstalling whole operating system".

 

But come on, start with something that may really resolve your problem in a proper way:

 

First re-enabling admin account:

https://windowsreport.com/disabled-administrator-account-on-windows-10-fix/

go to "solution 3"

Then look here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1820736/windows-request-password-admin-performing-administrative-tasks.html

If you want to keep UAC enabled.

 

This way you can fix your problem and learn something.

 

Or reinstall Windows. 4 times to be sure is pretty much reinstalled.

 

[Master Disaster]

12 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

 

On this forum if you asks for anything related to Windows, you'll probably (95% probability) get answer "reinstall windows". It mostly means "I don't know what to do, but I really want to answer anything and the only method I know to resolve any windows problem is reinstalling whole operating system".

 

But come on, start with something that may really resolve your problem in a proper way:

 

First re-enabling admin account:

https://windowsreport.com/disabled-administrator-account-on-windows-10-fix/

go to "solution 3"

Then look here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1820736/windows-request-password-admin-performing-administrative-tasks.html

If you want to keep UAC enabled.

 

This way you can fix your problem and learn something.

 

Or reinstall Windows. 4 times to be sure is pretty much reinstalled.

 

Amazing solution once again /s

 

If you bothered to read you see his problem isn't that it's asking for the password but rather that he cannot enter the password and there's no OK button.

 

I've already explained this is a group policy restriction which can fairly easily be undone but when you're given a machine that has restrictions applied to it the best solution IS to just reinstall simply because you have no idea which restrictions are active or not and it's quicker to reinstall than it is spend hours looking through lists of policies trying to undo every restriction that's been set and it's always best to reinstall a machine that wasn't yours to begin with.

 

That's twice now you've insulted other forum users then presented a solution that would not solve the issue anyway. Perhaps its time you needed your own advice.

[homeap5]

12 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

That's twice now you've insulted other forum users then presented a solution that would not solve the issue anyway.

How do you know that would not solve this issue?

Here you have the same problem with solution: http://someshinyobject.com/posts/windows-10-uac-prompt-yes-button-missing/

And look - the same advice to re-enable admin (using safe mode).

 

i don't insult anyone, I wrote a fact. And spending long time to resolve problem is nothing wrong. Next time this guy resolve his problem in one minute based on his new experience and you always will be reinstalling your windows, because you don't want to spend time to resolve any problem.

 

And more important is - someone else may looking for a solution. Do you know how difficult is to find anything on internet, because lot of people answers "reinstall windows" in every forum on every problem? It's a disaster!

[Master Disaster]

2 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

How do you know that would not solve this issue?

Here you have the same problem with solution: http://someshinyobject.com/posts/windows-10-uac-prompt-yes-button-missing/

And look - the same advice to re-enable admin (using safe mode).

 

i don't insult anyone, I wrote a fact. And spending long time to resolve problem is nothing wrong. Next time this guy resolve his problem in one minute based on his new experience and you always will be reinstalling your windows, because you don't want to spend time to resolve any problem.

 

And more important is - someone else may looking for a solution. Do you know how difficult is to find anything on internet, because lot of people answers "reinstall windows" in every forum on every problem? It's a disaster!

Reenabling the admin account would fix the missing buttons but wouldn't undo the policies set by the previous owner.

 

The thing is, let's say your solution works, OP is still left with a machine that's running a restricted account that he has to enter a password on every time he does anything.

 

Is that really fixed?

[homeap5]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

The thing is, let's say your solution works, OP is still left with a machine that's running a restricted account that he has to enter a password on every time he does anything.

 

Is that really fixed?

Yes, because my solution has two points. First - re-enable administrator account. Then I give link to resolve problem with asking for password (from guy who wants to Windows asks him for password, but it point to policy that you must change).

 

So, yes, it may fix real problem.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Reinstalling does two things:

• It still fixes the problem
• It ensures that the OS is in a known good state. I'm sure OP is familiar with how a fresh Windows install is supposed to be configured rather than something some business did. If OP doesn't know the detail of every last configuration, fixing one problem may crop up another down the road.

[homeap5]

1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Reinstalling does two things:

• It still fixes the problem

It's not a fix, it's more like workaround. You didn't fix anything by setup new windows. If I broke my car, then buying new one is not the same as fixing. Of course - new car will be good, with "known good state", but still we have no idea what happens in old, broken one. I can agree that reinstalling Windows is method of dealing with problems, but for sure it should not be called "fix". It's brute force workaround used by people who don't know how to fix problems other way. There may be even someone who reinstall windows because he screwed up color settings - is reinstalling Windows method for revert default colors? I don't think so. But it works.

 

And one more thing - I can imagine that someone has really difficult problem that no one can fix, system that don't want to boot no matter how big experience user has. Ok, reinstall may be the only option at some point - don't have that case but who knows. But not when problem is described so well (even with image at first post) and methods to fix the problem - known and described. And easy to find. But it needs some time and I'm surprised when someone after few minutes, right after reading about problem, recommend reinstall. It means that it's mindless answer, without any research. And I think that people who enter this forum for help expect some level of knowledge.

[Mira Yurizaki]

10 minutes ago, homeap5 said:

It's not a fix, it's more like workaround. You didn't fix anything by setup new windows. If I broke my car, then buying new one is not the same as fixing. Of course - new car will be good, with "known good state", but still we have no idea what happens in old, broken one. I can agree that reinstalling Windows is method of dealing with problems, but for sure it should not be called "fix". It's brute force workaround used by people who don't know how to fix problems other way. There may be even someone who reinstall windows because he screwed up color settings - is reinstalling Windows method for revert default colors? I don't think so. But it works.

Either we can spend a long time trying to solve the root cause of OP's problem, or we can give them the nuclear solution that for all intents and purposes gets them what they want, doesn't cost much time, and call it a day. If you want to take over and solve the problem, go right ahead.

 

And sometimes buying a new car makes more sense than fixing it. My last car had a leaky head gasket. The mechanic estimated it would've cost at least $2500. The car was worth less than $1000 even before taking the problem into account. I was thinking about getting a new (well, used, but newer) car anyway. So I may as have put the money I would've spent on repairs towards the new car rather than fix the old one.

 

The point is: the "right" way is not often the "best" way, taking other factors into account.

[homeap5]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

And sometimes buying a new car makes more sense than fixing it. My last car had a leaky head gasket. The mechanic estimated it would've cost at least $2500. The car was worth less than $1000 even before taking the problem into account. I was thinking about getting a new (well, used, but newer) car anyway. So I may as have put the money I would've spent on repairs towards the new car rather than fix the old one.

Yes, of course, I edited my post where I describe that in some cases reinstall may be the only option. Not a fix though.

In your case mechanic estimated cost, because he know what is wrong with your car. He don't recommend you buying new one after 2 minutes, isn't? And different is that you have choice - repair or buy new one. In this case after few minutes OP gets answer "reinstall windows" without even trying to "estimate cost".

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, homeap5 said:

Yes, of course, I edited my post where I describe that in some cases reinstall may be the only option. Not a fix though.

In your case mechanic estimated cost, because he know what is wrong with your car. He don't recommend you buying new one after 2 minutes, isn't? And different is that you have choice - repair or buy new one. In this case after few minutes OP gets answer "reinstall windows" without even trying to "estimate cost".

Again, you're welcome to take over this thread and work with OP if you want us "who don't know how to solve problems" out of the way.

[homeap5]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Again, you're welcome to take over this thread and work with OP if you want us "who don't know how to solve problems" out of the way.

I did it many posts ago (probably too late). Now we're just talking OT.

[Flawizz]

press 'show more details' then you will see the ok button

[Owen the Trusty man]

CHILL GUYS  I got it fixed

[robododzija]

Hey @Owen the Trusty man   how did you fix it because i have the same problem! And i don't want it to et back to fabric restart! please help me!