Windows 10: Change Admin on new laptop

New laptop--I had someone else set it up and they misspelled my email account including using that account as administrator. I want to change the administrator of the laptop to my real email. How do I do that?

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Changing administrator for new windows 10 laptop

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

To change the Account type follow the steps.

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  Press Windows + X, click on User Accounts.
  
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  Click on change your account type.
  
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  Select standard account.
  

To delete the account follow the steps.

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  Press Windows + X, click on User Accounts.
  
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  Click on Manage other Account.
  
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  Select the user account.
  
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  Click on Delete the account.
  

To create the new user account follow the steps.

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  Press Windows + X, click on User Accounts.
  
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  Click on Manage other Account.
  
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  Click on Add A new user in PC setting.
  

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

admin password?

You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

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Changing Admin on new laptop

So i just received a new laptop and when I was setting up the microsoft account for the new computer I created a new account thinking it would be no issue. However, now the new account is the admin account on the computer and I have no idea how to remove
it even though I have another microsoft account that I can easily transfer admin status to.