Windows 10: Administrator Password required to uninstall

This is a friends WIN10 PC upgraded from WIN 7. When ever he tries to uninstall a program from the Apps tab under Settings he get a requirement to enter a password. The user name is already in place as 'admin'.

How can I find this password since it is not the login password. I have tried using Blank but that did not work.

This also happens when I try and open a command prompt and run as administrator. It again asks for a password.


Searching the web does not show solutions for the latest version of WIN10. The User Account functions have changed since many of the solutions have been posted. I see there is a way to decrease the User Account Settings under the Control Panel but I am not sure if this is the method that should be used.



Regards,

Dan Kahn

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Administrator Password not Working-all fixes required administrator password :-(

HELP! The password for my administrator account is no longer working- or I've forgotten it. I do not have a password reset disk. After days of trying my "normal" passwords and variations, I'm ready to give up and just re-install Windows
10. BUT WAIT: I can't, because to create the media creation disk from the Microsoft website (long ago trashed the one I used the first time) I have to have the Administrator password to run the download. After selecting
the command prompt option, I was shown a list of available accounts (me Administrator) and asked to login. Since I apparently don't remember the password, I cannot get past that screen. In answer to your question, my admin account is Not a
Microsoft account.

I still have the local account, it Is a Microsoft account and is working fine. But that doesn't seem to offer any paths to fix this.

There is an active Administrator account on my computer (labeled me administrator) but again, the password I believe to be correct does not work.

I have posted this previously but the suggestion I received (basically, use shift reset to get to a command prompt and then….. the rest doesn’t matter because I can’t get to
the command prompt without being asked for an administrator password.
I replied to the suggested fix, but after 24 hours or hearing nothing, my stress level is getting even more elevation.

In summary- I can’t access the administrator account- and all proposed fixes (to this point) require access to the administrator account.
See my dilemma????

 

Not Able to install, uninstall any software. Windows 10 Administrator password required for every action

Hello Amit,

Thank you for keeping us posted.

At this point, I suggest you to check if the user account you are logged into is an administrator account or not. If not, I suggest you to login to the computer
Administrator account.

Secondly, I suggest you to check if there are any other user account in your computer with admin privileges.

To do so, open Advanced User Accounts Control Panel to check all the user accounts created in the computer. Please follow the below steps.

• Press the Windows key and R from the keyboard to open the Run Command Dialog Box.
• Enter netplwiz

Kindly keep us posted.

Thank you.

 

Enable Require password on Wake up Windows 10

To further troubleshoot the issue, we suggest disabling and
enabling the Require a password on wakeup settings on your power plan
by following the steps below:

• Open the Advanced power settings for your current chosen
  power plan.
• Click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable link.
• Set the Require a password on wakeup settings to Yes
  or No, and click on OK.

Once done with the steps, let us know how it goes.