Windows 10: Lost administrator access for Windows 11

Solutions I tried -- many are blocked because my user account lost admin privileges.* Control Panel - User Accounts - Change your account type* netplwiz* Safe Mode* Create an Answer File* Even the hopeful suggestions from 2021 at this link required admin privileges: shrughttps://www.elevenforum.com/t/enable-or-disable-built-in-administrator-account-in-windows-11.709/Many solutions required admin privileges for my user account. Talk about your 3-day catch-22s. smile

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Lost My Administrator Password

To which "this" are you referring?
- If you are following the tutorial Bree suggested in the very first reply to your question then what you need to do at each step is explained in detail. So which step are you at?
- If you are following a different procedure then state what it is and which step you are at. If, for example, you are trying to manually enable the Built-In Admin as suggested in post #11 then that account has no password.

Denis

 

I am not recognized as an administrator on Windows 11

Hi,

Open a Command Prompt window and run:

• net localgroup administrators
  

Please post the output/screenshot here.

Meanwhile, restart Windows in Safe mode and login to the built-in Administrator account (it has a blank password by default). Once logged in, perform the steps in "Solution 3" (fixing the Group Membership) you tried earlier. REF: Lost Administrator Rights in Windows 10/11?

 

lost administrative access

i have a hp stream 11 and lost administrative access. Could I do a fresh install even though i do not have a key because the unit came with 10 installed/