Windows 10: Windows 10 Admin account

I was getting tired of signing in to windows every time my laptop went to sleep, so i changed the admin account to standard. Now I can't do any kind of maintenance with my laptop, a screen keeps coming up saying I have to be an admin to do this task. With that box coming up there isn't a space to put in my password and name. I have tried deleting the standard accounts and making a new account, but still to no avail. How would I change it back to admin without doing a factory reset? i also tried going through the "RUN" in DOS mode. i looked at a lot of help info, but nothing is working.

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Remove account

I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

admin password?

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

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