Windows 10: Are there two Administrators for one PC, as follows: 1 Microsoft ID Name, and 2 Desktop-XXXXXX?

In User Accounts, I am the Administrator, as named with my Microsoft ID.

But when I tried to access a System file, I am blocked because I am not an Administor named "Desktop-XXXXXX", where the X's are unique numbers and alpha characters that came with my fairly new Dell Windows 10 Home PC.

So are there now two types of Administrators? This would be news to me, but....

If there are now two admins per PC, how and why did this come about?

How I came become both types on my home local network PC?


Editorial comment: The more MS tries to integrate everything and pull me in, the more I feel big brothered, and want to stay out as much as possible.

:)

 

Upgrade to Windows 10 removed administrator account named "Administrator"

Hi Lonna,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

1) Currently are on Windows 7 or Windows 10?

2) If you are on Windows 7, are you able to see the "Administrator" account in the PC?

If you are on Windows 10, try to follow the below steps and check.

I suggest you to perform Safe Mode with Networking and check if you’re able to login using your Microsoft account.

Method 1: Safe mode.

Please follow below steps:

• • 
    Click on power button at left bottom corner, press and hold
    Shift key and click on Restart.
    
  • 
    Click on Troubleshoot.
    
  • 
    Click on Advanced options.
    
  • 
    Click on Startup Settings.
    
  • 
    Click on Restart.
    
  • 
    Login to Microsoft Account and create a new administrator account.
    

If you’re not able to login using Microsoft account then refer to below steps and check if it helps.

Method 2:
Activate Inbuilt Administrator Account.

Follow the below steps:

• • 
    Click on power button at left bottom corner, press and hold
    Shift key and click on Restart.
    
  • 
    Click on Troubleshoot.
    
  • 
    Click on Advanced options.
    
  • 
    Click on Command Prompt and enter following command.
    
    net user Administrator /active:yes
    

Now reboot your system and login to inbuilt admin account and try to reset password for other account. Once you reset password login to other account and to deactivate inbuilt admin account enter following command in elevated command prompt.

net user Administrator /active:no



Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

windows 10 deleted my desktop files

Step 1 - I upgraded to Win 10 and lost all my files on Desktop.

Step 2 - Found the files in Network - USers- Desktop

copied all files again to desktop.

Step 3- Restarted my machine again and lost desktop files again.

Step 4 - As suggested did the following as listed below but dont find my files.

• Press “Windows + E”, open This PC/Computer
• Open Local Disc C, open Windows.old
• Click on Users, select your User name
• Go to desktop folder

Cant find my files. Why is Win 10 deleted files again and again from Desktop ?.

 

Windows 10 Administrator id - User Accounts and Logon Screen

Thank you for giving us an update about your concern.

To answer you query about the administrator id created by the Answer Desk, follow the steps below to hide it on the locks screen of the computer:

• Log in to the other administrator account.
• Search for cmd, right-click on in and then select Run as administrator.
• Type net user "name of account" /active:no
• Restart the computer.

If you want to unhide the administrator id created by the Answer Desk, just follow the steps below and change the word from
active:no to active:yes.

Let us know how it goes.