Windows 10: Changes require an administrator user name and password.

Hello. I inherited a Windows 10 PC from my father. I have purchased an updated version of Office and was trying to uninstall the 2007 version he was using. When I went to uninstall, I got the message below. I do not know how to enter the admin user name and password and I do not have this information from my father. I get this message not only for the uninstall process but for any changes I try to make to the computer. Any advice? Thank you.

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How to change Administrator's name


Just checking things and comparing the admin settings on my Acer laptop which does not require a password I found that the name Acer LT is listed as local administrator. Therefore I'm thinking if I set up another user account, then make that account administrator, it too will then be a local administrator. Thus not requiring a password.

Any thoughts on that?

DP.

 

User Account Control displays administrator names

Hi Devlin,

Thank you for replying and for taking the time to help me with this. I made the suggested adjustments for the standard user and it does prompt me to enter credentials, but only for the password. The username portion of the prompt displays both of the admin
accounts (names) I created on the machine. If possible I would like to have the prompt with blank boxes for the user name and the password.

 

User Account Control displays administrator names

Hi,

You may setup User Account Control to ask for the username and password though it will still depend on the user account type.

To change these settings, follow these steps:

To change the elevation prompt behavior for administrators

• 
  Click Start, click Accessories, click
  Run, type secpol.msc in the Open box, and then click
  OK.
  
• 
  From the Local Security Settings console tree, click Local Policies, and then click
  Security Options.
  
• 
  Scroll down to and double-click User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators.
  
• 
  From the drop-down menu, select one of the following settings:
  
  • Elevate without prompting (tasks that request elevation will automatically run as elevated without prompting the administrator)
  • Prompt for credentials (this setting requires user name and password input before an application or task will run as elevated)
  • Prompt for consent (default setting for administrators)
• 
  Click OK.
  
• 
  Close the Local Security Settings window.
  

To change the elevation prompt behavior for standard users

• 
  Click Start, click Accessories, click
  Run, type secpol.msc in the Open box, and then click
  OK.
  
• 
  From the Local Security Settings console tree, click Local Policies, and then
  Security Options.
  
• 
  Scroll down to and double-click User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard users.
  
• 
  From the drop-down menu, select one of the following settings:
  
  • Automatically deny elevation requests (standard users will not be able to run programs that require elevation, and they will not be prompted)
  • Prompt for credentials (this setting requires user name and password input before an application or task will run as elevated, and it is the default for standard users)
• 
  Click OK.
  
• 
  Close the Local Security Settings window.
  

Let us know how it goes.