Windows 10: adminstrator rights as sole user

Why am I told I do not have administrator rights and thus cannot open desktop downloads, move files etc.? I am sole user of this newly bought PC using Windows 10 and Outlook 365. Please can you give me a step by step idiot's guide to solving this silly problem? This is a domestic, single user PC. Thank you.

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Lost Adminstrator rights

So I got my main adminstrator account deleted accidently and now Im left with 1 local account.I tried logging in with built in adminstrator account but it is asking me for password I have never set...I am the only user of the computer.Any help would be
greatly appreciated...

 

Solo User No need for other adminstrator

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

We apologize for the inconvenience that occurred to you and understand your frustration.

I would suggest you run the Microsoft Account troubleshooter and see if it fixes your issue.

Microsoft Account Troubleshooter

http://download.microsoft.com/downl...B-A23B-5C3A6B5974E3/microsoftaccounts.diagcab

If this doesn't help, then I would suggest you to enable built in administrator and check if it helps.

• 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 then change you account to Administrator account.

• Press Windows key and type Control. Click on Control Panel from the list of options.
• Click on User Account > Manage another account.
• Select the appropriate user account you want to give administrator rights to and then click on
  Change account type.
• Follow the on-screen instructions.

• Once you have changed the account type, kindly disable built in admin account.
• Type the following command in elevated command prompt: net user administrator /active:no

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

Regards,

 

Current active users that are friends

The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.