Windows 10: Lost Administrator permissions!

Hi.


So, after having an absolutely torrid time (nearly 2 hours) with a clueless agent on the Microsoft app i thought i'd try here as i'm so desperate now. It's a bit long-winded so bear with me.

Ever since my Windows 10 updated to version 1709 i have had failures installing every other update since. 1803 being the first time it came to light. It went through the installing but then always reverted to previous version as it wouldn't recognise my passwords or anything. Well, since then i have been searching for solutions all of which required Administrator permissions which, i thought, being the administrator should be fine but no, even though i WAS the administrator it wouldn't recognise me as such, therefore i couldn't carry out the many "fixes" i was advised to try. Well one guy on a tech forum suggested changing my user account to standard then back again to Admin and without thinking i did that. Now i can't switch back to Admin because every step needed to do so requires Admin permissions! I can't even do a clean re-install of Windows 10 which i didn't want to but resigned myself to that being the only real chance of sorting all my problems as yet again i need Admin permissions. It's driving me crazy

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Lost all Administrator permission

Hello,

I have lost all my administrator permission. I have two profiles but both profiles are standard. I have tried every option that were listed on existing forums. Every option leads me to a pop-up screen stating I have no permission. Are there any other recommendations?

 

no administrator permission

Hi Ryan,

Let us assist you to have an Administrator permission. To start, follow the steps below to enable the Windows Super Administrator Account.

• Type CMD on the search box.
• CMD will appear at top.
• Right click on it, then choose Run as administrator.
• Type this command & hit Enter: Net user administrator /active:yes.
• After you enable the Super Administrator account, log out on your existing account then log into Super Administrator account.
• On the Super Administrator account, you can now create an Administrator account or give Administrator permission on the existing account.

After you created an Administrator account, we suggest that you disable the Super Administrator account by following the same steps and using this command:
Net user administrator /active:no.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Lost all Administrator permission

Hi needhelptoday and welcome to the forum. Give this a try.
Enable or Disable Elevated Administrator account in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials
You should be able to use this account to elevate of of your standard user account to admin provledges.