Windows 10: First time update to Windows 10 deleted Admin acct

Hi. I just finally updated to Win 10 from 7 and now my admin profile is missing. It's the only one I've been using. I don't have passwords to the other profiles, and I don't have a password reset disk for them either.

How do I recover the admin profile?


Thank you,

Cody

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Non Admin acct questions

I think you may just be looking in the wrong place. When you sign out the sign in screen and password box will be for the account that has just signed out. It's the same for a restart, the sign in screen will be for the last user that had signed in.

Sign out, then look for a list of names in the lower left corner of the sign in screen. All available accounts should be listed there, click on the one you want to change the sign in screen to be for that user. See the screenshot at step 2 in this tutorial.

Sign in to Windows 10

Correct, the user folder is not created until the first sign in.

 

Non Admin acct questions

Setting up new machine. I first created an Admin acct on my wife's new machine when it started the OOBE questions etc.
I got that acct all setup and then updated (long time downloads) and installed a few apps. Everything working fine there.

Ok now I've set up a Non Admin user acct for general use to surf web etc. Everything ok except this,

When I right click on the windows flag (lower left screen) instead of seeing what I see in the main admin acct (like System, Network, Cmd Console etc) I only see the new Start Menu.

In fact I see the Start Menu whether I left or right click, both the same.

And what is worse when I right click on an item in the Apps List, I don't get the usual Unpin from Start etc. Instead the app starts. Everything operates the same with a left or right click ???

Also I can't sign out of this acct and then log in to the Admin acct (like I can from the Admin). Rather I have to restart.

This doesn't make any sense. I realize it's a non admin privilege acct but it's acting crippled for normal functions.

Can anyone give me any pointers as to what's going on?

 

No User Acct has Admin

Tried all six. Access denied to every option. Can not install upgrades, new software, nothing. I can log in two ways (with Microsoft using email address and password and Local using a PIN) but have NO ADMIN account. Gone. Disappeared. Or I deleted it. Anything is possible. New laptop. New to Windows 10. Former computer specialist for gov't for more than 15 years and I just want to throw Windows 10 out the window. Seriously, I can't install all my software or updates because "Yes" is grayed out. DOS commands are my old friends so I don't have a problem moving around directories, commands, etc. No Admin acct listed or active. Couldn't activate with what acct is available by changing "administrator" to "user name." Am at a total loss. Dead in the water, so to speak.