Windows 10: Help With Account On Computer

Well I got this computer from a someone from craigslist and it has an admin account on it but it is locked and there is only an account with an USER on it and I got alot of personal files on so i don't want to re download windows plus don't have a code or anything for it but uhm if there is anything I could do please help me.

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Ugrade issue on `WIN7 x86 / Linux Ubuntu´ dual boot computer

Problem solved.

With a (`Dutch´) ISO x86 I could do the trick, although it was not that easy to gain the prefered ISO with that `ISO tool thing´. With my regular user account and the administrator password, it did not work. And in the administrator account I first had to
perform a cleanup from temp folders. Then the download started and I could work further with the ISO. Because the ISO was Dutch and my WIN7 version was English, I could not preverse the settings. But now everything seems to work great at last.

Possibly WIN10 will be a nice OS. But upgrading seems sometimes not very easy and I would prefer if I could just also download different ISO's without any tools. That tool might be handy for Live CD's.

Anyway, thank you for the tips.

 

Ugrade issue on `WIN7 x86 / Linux Ubuntu´ dual boot computer

While upgrading a fine working WIN7 x86 OS, I received an error message that WIN10 couldn't be installed. Windows Update encountered an unknown error ( C1900101-40000D ). This message occurs after the WIN10 upgrade proces is at circa 40%.

The computer is dual booted; WIN7 x86 and Linux Ubuntu. This never gave any issues, but upgrading to WIN10 seems to be a problem?!? If so, then the specific computer will soon no longer run with Windows at all. This because I prefer Linux on that specific
computer, but it would be handy if a current Windows version would still be available on also that pc.

 

Option 4 here:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...a.html#option4

 

I don't have the admin password and I am just standard user.

 

Correct. The built-in Administrator account does not have a password, by default. You enable the built-in Administrator account, log in to it, and change your account type to administrator - or reset the existing administrator user's account password.

 

I cant change the current admin password I don't even know it/

 

Did you even try Option 4 to the tutorial I linked to?

 

Dont Have a usb or a disc that big.

 

Sorry, can't help you with that. I just tried it with a USB flash drive with Kyhi's recovery drive on it and worked like a charm. Restarting the computer after changing the registry key and I got a nice Administrator account on my login screen that did not require a password. Then in the standard User control panel from Settings you can change your account to an administrator account. Or you can run netplwiz and under advanced options reset other user account passwords, even administrators.

Windows 10 Recovery Tools - Bootable Rescue Disk