Windows 10: Microsoft Windows 10 Sign-In Issue: Administrator Account Problems - No Admin Access -...

Hello.Issue: Microsoft Windows 10 Sign-In Issue; Administrator Account Problems - No Admin Access - Cannot Reset PasswordThis issue started on Sunday evening, May 2nd. Today is Thursday May 6thBackground: Windows 10 came installed on my Dell XPS 15 which is approx. 20 months old. I use this laptop everyday for work and need to have admin privilege's which was not an issue until Sunday. I used my Gmail account email to setup the Microsoft account when I first got the laptop and would always sign in with a PIN I set up when I first got the laptop as new ~20 months a

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Windows 10 problems with Administrator account and Photos.

Hi Harry,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We will be glad to assist you with the issue you are experiencing with the computer. I understand the difficulty when things won’t work the way they should.

I would require some more information to help you better.

• What is the make & model of the computer?
• Do you sign in through Microsoft/Local account on Windows 10?
• Do you refer to the inbuilt administrator account?
• Which file format of picture are you trying to open?

Issue: administrator.

Method: 1

If you are referring to the inbuilt administrator account, then follow the below steps.

Note: To perform the below steps, you should be signed in to the Windows 10 using Admin account (Microsoft/Loacl account you created to sign in to Windows 10).

• Sign in through your Admin account on Windows 10 (not in built administrator account).
• Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Command prompt (Admin) and click on yes on the prompted window.
• Now enter the below command in the command prompt (Admin) window.

net user administrator /active:yes

• Close the Command prompt and reboot the computer and check if it helps.

Issue: Pictures program not supported.

Method: 1

I would suggest you to follow the below link.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-live/photo-gallery



Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Settings can't be opened using the built-in administrator account


Hello,
Unfortunately I have the same issue as Dabz from upgrading win7 to win10.
I've tried opening settings using all the suggested methods and it will not load using my account with Administrator access nor the built-in Administrator profile. I also tried other methods not listed such as using Run. Control panel is just a stepping stone to add users in Settings.
I'm also having explorer.exe issues, which I believe is preventing Settings from loading.
Using cmd (Admin) I successfully created a new user profile [and granted admin access also using cmd (Admin)], however win10 will not allow this account to log on. win10 does not list this new user within control panel but it does in the start menu. win10 will not allow to log in or switch to the new account via the start menu either.
I can access settings in Safe Mode but this will not allow me to create a new account.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown