Windows 10: Changing device admin without losing data

I need to change my device admin account from my personal one to my work account. I have both Microsoft accounts added to the same admin profile on the machine but I need to change the primary contact information and account info from one to the other without losing any of my data . Is this possible?

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admin password?

You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

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Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.

 

Change admin on Windows 10 not lose data

Hi,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.



Do you get any error message when you try to make changes to the user account?

Did you change your user account type to local user account?



To change the user account type to Administrator user account, follow the steps below.



Step 1: Type Control panel in the search bar next to
Start button, and press Enter.

Step 2: Select User Accounts from the left side panel of the window, and click on Change your account type.

Step 3: Select Administrator, and click on
Change account type.



Also give permissions to the files and folders by following the steps below, and check if the issue is resolved.



Step 1: Open the properties of the main User Profile
folder where the files are located (such as Documents, Pictures, etc.). You can open the properties of a particular folder by
Right-clicking on it, and select Properties from context menu.

Step 2: Go to the Security tab, and click
Advanced.

Step 3: Click on Change permissions located on the bottom of the window.

Step 4: Check the box at the bottom of the window
Replace all child object permissions with inheritable permissions from this object, and then click
Ok.



Hope this helps!



Get back to us if you have queries regarding Windows, we will be happy to help you.



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Microsoft Community.