Windows 10: Administrator account disabled, safe booted, power button not visible, help!

I cant get Windows 10 working, I've accidentally disabled the Windows 10 built-in administrator, and I'm logged into safe boot, I cannot switch accounts, and I can't start up Windows 10 because of the account being disabled. The power button is also not visible in the log in screen.


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Account Disabled- asked to contact administrator on boot

Hi Kyle,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I would suggest you try the following steps and see if it helps.

Method 1: Enable Built-in Admin

• Press Windows key and click on the Power icon.
• Click on Restart while pressing the
  Shift key.
• A blue screen will appear with a few options.
  Click on Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt.
• Now, type in your user account password and once Command prompt opens follow the next steps.
• In Command Prompt type "net user administrator /active:yes".
• Close Command prompt and restart your system.
• Login to the built-in administrator (you don't need a password for built-in admin account) and try to enable your disable User Account.
• Its recommended to create another admin User Account.
• Once you have enabled your user account, kindly disable built in admin account.
• type the following command in elevated command prompt: net user administrator /active:no

Method 2: Perform System restore

• Press Windows key and click on the Power icon.
• Click on Restart while pressing the
  Shift key.
• A blue screen will appear with a few options.
  Click on Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > System Restore.
• Follow on-screen instructions. (This may take a while.)

Note: You may loose some of your data after the System Restore.

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have further related queries.

Regards,

 

Auto logging into disabled account Windows 10

I was able to fix this by doing the following:

• Boot up the computer, then kill the power after startup is complete.
• Do step #1 again. (Two crashes within two minutes after startup will cause Windows to boot into Safe Mode automatically.)
• You will be forcibly logged in to Safe Mode with the Administrator account.
• Enable the Administrator account, and setup your normal account as needed.
• Restart again, you will auto login as the Administrator account (which has now been enabled).
• Log out of the Admin account, and log in with the normal account.
• Disable the default Administrator account once again.

 

Settings can't be opened using the built-in administrator account


Hello,
Unfortunately I have the same issue as Dabz from upgrading win7 to win10.
I've tried opening settings using all the suggested methods and it will not load using my account with Administrator access nor the built-in Administrator profile. I also tried other methods not listed such as using Run. Control panel is just a stepping stone to add users in Settings.
I'm also having explorer.exe issues, which I believe is preventing Settings from loading.
Using cmd (Admin) I successfully created a new user profile [and granted admin access also using cmd (Admin)], however win10 will not allow this account to log on. win10 does not list this new user within control panel but it does in the start menu. win10 will not allow to log in or switch to the new account via the start menu either.
I can access settings in Safe Mode but this will not allow me to create a new account.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers