Windows 10: An invisible administrator is controlling my machine in windows 11. How do I prevent it?

Hello Friends,Special note: - whenever you see !! it does mean the so intelligent 11.As I know there will be no support from Microsoft, dear friends please help to uncover the mystery on my new so intelligent Windows !!Short Story:OS: - Windows !! Edition: - Windows !! ProVersion: - 21H2Build: - 22000.258Experience: - Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.258.0A standalone laptop with no LAN or any kind of home network except a wireless connection to internet.I was trying to install from a clean installer Tableau Public Desktop for Windows on my desktop. Suddenly I got a message saying:

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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

 

Favorites gone invisible ie 11


Hello
I have a strange problem on my pc
My favorites button in IE 11 is invisible when i push it when i am on for example google.com, alle my fav's is invisible
But it is normal if it is on a local intranet site inside my work domain
On my laptop it is working fine ??
I might have touch somme settings that i should not :-(
Any suggestions what to do to fix it ?
Br.

 

Is there anyway i can prevent tethering on win 7?

I did some digging and came across this:

Use Group Policy to prevent the installation of new network devices.

You'll find an option in Administrative Templates \ System \ Device Installation \ Device Installation Restrictions \ Prevent installation of devices using drivers that match these driver setup classes. From its description:

This policy setting allows you to specify a list of device setup class globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) for device drivers that Windows is prevented from installing. This policy setting takes precedence over any other policy setting that allows Windows to install a device.

If you enable this policy setting, Windows is prevented from installing or updating device drivers whose device setup class GUIDs appear in the list you create. If you enable this policy setting on a remote desktop server, the policy setting affects redirection of the specified devices from a remote desktop client to the remote desktop server.​
Using policy settings here, you can either create a whitelist or a blacklist, either of individual devices or entire classes of devices (such as network adapters). These take effect when a device is removed and reinserted, so it will not affect the NIC built into the machine, provided you don't apply the setting to devices that are already installed.

You will need to reference the list of device setup classes to find the class for network adapters, which is {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}. Add this class to the blacklist, and soon afterward, nobody will be able to use USB network adapters.​
Of course, since he has administrator rights on the machine, there's a chance that he might find your Group Policy setting and delete it. Here's another angle of attack:

• Get/set the password for the local Administrator account.

• If he tethers his phone after you've said "no", issue a remote shutdown command to his PC.
  shutdown /s /m \\boneheads_pc

• Keep doing this until it sinks into his thick head that the house rules apply to him, too.

This will set you up with a battle of wills. I prefer Kursah's solution of revoking his admin privileges.