Windows 10: Administrator question

My late husband was the administrator on our desktop computer (windows 10). How do I delete his account and make me the administrator?

Thank you.

Christi V.

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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

 

Turn off Administrative priviledges period

Hi William,



To assist you better, I suggest you to answer the below questions.

• 
  Are you trying to remove the administrative privileges from the user account through which you have logged in?
  
• 
  Do you have any other user account with administrative privilege?
  

If yes, I suggest that you try the steps below and check if it helps:

• 
  Press Windows
  key + R key and type netplwiz, press Enter key.
  
• 
  Select the user account
  (on which you want to remove the administrative privilege).
  
• 
  Click on Properties.
  
• 
  Click on Group Membership tab and
  check on Standard.
  

Hope the information helps. Kindly write back to us for further assistance on Windows. We will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

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.