Windows 10: I lost all of my administrator rights when I downloaded Windows 10

I have no rights to save to anywhere or do anything, iTunes wouldn't let me sync because I "didn't have enough access privileges" but apparently that was something to do with the pictures, which then links back to me no longer having the rights to do anything on my computer. The answer is probably so close it'll bite me but I just can't see it.

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i have lost administrator rights on my computet

help me

my computer had upgraded to windows 10 and I have lost all administrators rights. it doesn't recognise me or my password when I try to download or make changes. it keeps asking for an administrators password but then doesn't recognise any of the passwords
I enter.

I can't update anything or do anything

 

i have lost administrator rights on my computet

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience caused, I will be glad to assist you with this.

Just to clarify, are you trying to sign in for the first time after upgrading to Windows 10?

If so, I would suggest you to try the suggestion given be Wasim A in the link below and check if it helps.

Click Here

Let us know the result.

 

Someone PLEASE help!!! This is driving me nuts!!!

I keep getting the message ... You don't have permission to save in this ;location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission. Would you like to save in the Pictures folder instead?

I get the same message if I try to save in the Picture folder. I am the only one who uses this laptop.

 

Can you access Control Panel and user accounts. Change your account type to Administrator.

 

I already did that last night. It shows I am the administrator on it, but I still can't save anything.

 

I'm having the same problem, and I am listed as the administrator. Very aggravating!

 

Yeah it shows me as an administrator already. and I can't change to anything other than the standard user. And on top of this, my computer keeps crashing too, fourth time since Monday.

 

This thread showed my exact problem & someone gave an answer ... It worked for me, I hope it works for you.

Solved Windows 10 says I don't have permission to save anything. - Windows 10 Forums

 

What exactly did you do? Because I go there, but the only new account that I see is this "Account Unknown" and a bunch of numbers at the end. I just want my old computer account, I can't even sign in to that, it's as if it was deleted once I signed in with a Microsoft account.

 

I did this .... "
1. Right click an affected folder.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click the Security tab
4. Click the "Advanced" button.
5. Click "Change" next to Owner.
6. Type your username, click the "Check Names" button, then click OK.
7. Check "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" under the owner's name.
8. Click OK again. If you get a message saying "Do you want to replace the directory permissions with permissions granting you full control?", click "Yes" and you're done.
9. Click the "Edit" button.
10. Click on your username from the list.
11. Check "Full control" underneath it.
12. Click OK.
13. Click OK again.

Repeat with all of the problematic folders. "

If this doesn't help you, I hope someone, who knows what to do, answers really soon.

 

Eh, all I had to do was sign back into my Microsoft account, and I was able to save to the pictures folder, and then the steps you listed work fine, as for my other problems, I've found a workaround for my iTunes, and the crashing I'm just going to have to deal with and hope Microsoft patches it in the future.

 

Glad you got most of the things to work now. Hopefully there will be fixes for your other problem in the near future. Now I wish I could find answers on a firefox message board, to why my firefox keeps crashing. This started before the windows upgrade.

 

I've done this multiple times. It works, but when I shut down and re-start I have to do it all over again. It won't save the settings. Like others here, my account settings show me as being the administrator but for some reason Win 10 doesn't believe it.

 

I don't have any administrator accounts now, Microsoft told me to do a clean install, but i cannot create the usb boot or anything without the elevated rights