Windows 10: My Windows 10 is not recognising me as administrator so I cannot launch Device Manager

I have an ongoing issue: while i am typing with my keyboard it randomly starts to open up several windows mostly stuff under Windows Settings instead of recognising the letters i am typing. This can be fixed temporarily if i press Windows Key + Alt but then later it happens again like 10 times a day. The permanent fix for this would be a driver update but when I am trying to launch the Device Manager, it is not opening, telling me I am not an administrator on my computer. So it lead to this other issue. I checked and I am listed as administrator on the computer, I am the only user and I am

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Unable To Access Device Manager Due To Administrator Privileges.

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

In order to get clarity on this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. What is the complete error message that you get when you launch Device Manager?
2. What is the name of the update that was installed prior to this issue?
3. Are you facing this issue only while launching Device Manager?
4. Do you have any other Administrator User Accounts on your computer?

You can refer the section
How do I see installed updates? from Windows Update: FAQ to view recently installed
Windows Updates.

Meanwhile, try the below methods and check if this helps.

Method 1: Start your PC in safe mode
and check if you are able to access Device Manager in Safe Mode.

Method 2: Changing The User Account Control Settings.

I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned in
Adjust User Account Control Settings
and change the User Account Control Setting to Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer and check if this helps.

Note: This article applies to Windows 10 as well.

Method 3: Repairing Microsoft Management Console (MMC) if missing or corrupted.

Step 1: Click on the
Start Menu > Search for Command Prompt >
Right-click on Command Prompt > Click on Run As Administrator.

Step 2: Type the following commands one-by-one and hit
Enter after each command.

cd %windir%\system32

Regsvr32 Msxml3.dll

Step 3: Once the above commands are executed successfully,
restart the computer once and check for the issue.

Give it a shot and let us know of any changes.

 

Cant find graphics card on device manager!

Hi Anthony,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

To assist you better, please share the information:

• What is the make and model of your computer?
• Do you get any error message while playing or to launch a game?

I suggest you to unhide the hidden drivers in Device Manager by following the steps provided below and check if the Graphic card driver is visible:

• Press Windows key + X and select Device Manager.
• Click on View and click on Show Hidden Devices.

Hope this helps. Get back to us with the requested information and we'll be glad to assist you.

 

New SATA drives recognised by BIOS but not detected by Vista

Right, I managed to get them to show up! Yay! However, there is still a major problem. Vista does not recognise them as hard drives.

In Device Manager, they are under "Other Devices" and both are listed as "MAXTOR S TM3250310AS SCSI Disk Device". I can't install any drivers for them and they do not show up in the Disk Management panel still.