Windows 10: cannot find administrator account!

I just upgraded from Win7 ultimate, 64-bit to Win10, and found that the windows update won't work. My password protected administrator account in Win 7 does not show up. I have attempted to enable the built in admin. account, using options one and two, in the tutorial (2969) found here, and all I get is "access denied". In option two, I can see my old admin account name, but access is denied. Any ideas for resolving this problem would be appreciated. Should I just try option 4 in that tutorial? Gotta say I am NOT much of a tech.... just an old guy teaching myself what I can.... Thanks, in advance for your assistance.

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i cannot find my administrator account i hide it and now i aam on the guest account

I don't remember exactly what i did but know i can't access even settings and the user account control greyed out what can i do please help mee?

 

i cannot find my administrator account i hide it and now i aam on the guest account

Hi Roberto,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I'd be glad to help you.

When manufacturing PCs, you can use the built-in Administrator account to run programs and apps before a user account is created.

You can enable the built-in Administrator account during unattended installations by setting the
AutoLogon setting to Administrator in the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component. This will enable the built-in Administrator account, even if a password is not
specified in the AdministratorPassword setting.

For further assistance, try to refer to the Microsoft article link, mentioned below and check, if it works:

Enable and Disable the Built-in Administrator Account:

Enable and Disable the Built-in Administrator Account

Please feel free to contact us, if you face any issues with Windows.

Thank you.

 

Hello Andy, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

If you don't have an administrator account on the PC that you can use, then yeah you'll need to use OPTION FOUR to enable the built-in Administrator.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...a.html#option4

 

Enter safe mode from the Windowes 10 settings > update> recovery >restore >troubleshoting > boot menu or a splash screen on a restart or cold start and re name the admin acct acct .bak folder in the registry then u can get in there .

It sounds like your PWL Admin user file profile is corruput this is easy to fix it almost takes longer to type than to do when somedbody I know calls me (usually in a panic) to fix that symptom or walk them through the fix it's almost too easy , way easier than buiding a new profile this has always worked for me (on a good hdd) ☻

read more:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/947215