Windows 10: How can I change the administrator on a PC that I own that runs Windows 11 without knowing...

How can I change the administrator on a PC that I own that runs Windows 11 without knowing the current administrator password?

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Change of administrator on Windows 11

Hi,

I am planning to change my administrator account to a new Microsoft account on Windows 11. I am confident on technical steps but I have a question on consequences. What I mean by that is: when I change my administrator account,

• do I lose some data?
  
• Can I access the data from the previous admin user folder? etc.
  

May I request you to help me with the points where it could go wrong and lose my data or access to the data please? Thanks in advance.

 

Run as administrator in Windows 10

Hi George,

Thanks for reply.

I would suggest you to sign-out from your current user account, restart your computer and try logging in with different administrator account and check if you are facing the same issue. If you don't have another administrator user account then follow
the below steps:

To create new local administrator account.

• 
  In the search box type
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  Click on User Accounts.
  
• 
  Select Make changes to my account in Pc settings.
  
• 
  Next select family and other user
  present on the left side of the page.
  
• 
  Click on Add someone to this pc
  option available.
  
• 
  Now select Sign in without a Microsoft account (not recommended).
  
• 
  Next click on Local Account Tab and create a local account and click
  Finish Tab.
  

Once the local account is created, click on the local account and select
Change account type tab and select Administrator.

Your Local Administrator Account is created now. Sign out from your Microsoft Account and Sign in into your new Local Account.

Try the above step and let us know if it helps. For further assistance feel free to post your queries in Microsoft forums. We will be glad to assist you.



Thanks.

 

How to change main administrator on Windows 10 for HP?

Hello,

Kindly try the below steps to change the account type from Admin to Standard account and check if this helps.

• Press Windows key + X.
• Select Control Panel.
• Click on User accounts.
• Under make changes to your account, click on
  Manage another account.
• Select the account which you want to change.
• Now click on change the account type.
• Select Standard
  and click on Change the Account Type to change the account type.

To enable the built in admin account, I suggest you to follow the below steps and check.

• In search type "cmd" and right click on the command prompt and open as Administrator (Elevated command prompt).
• In the elevated Command Prompt, type the following command and then press Enter key.

Net user administrator /active:yes, close the Command Prompt.

• Restart PC, then you will be able to see Administrator account.

To hide the Admin account, use the below command:

net user administrator /active:no

Write to us, if you need further assistance.

Thank You.