Windows 10: Nightmares on windows 10 street !

Hi all.

I was here the other day, after my original copy of windows 10 64 bit on my own personal laptop decided to go screwy on me.

(Note : I am the owner - and sole user of this machine at home !)

Eventually, after all repairs and fixes failed, I bit the bullet.

First - I dragged all my files and documents off onto my external drive, and the excess/overflow going to my memory sticks.

Then I copied as many Key codes as I could find, for my paid programs, onto paper, ready for reinstallation.

Once happy (ish) , I did a clean windows install.

Logged in just fine.

Then checked for - and downloaded all available updates.

created restore point.

rebooted.

Logged in as usual.

everything seemed fine, so I spent the next day, re-downloading my programs (Paid and free).

All went without a hitch.

The very next day (Yesterday) the login screen came up with a notice in the middle, stating my copy of windows 10 would soon be unsupported, and to click to update.

Gutted,I obviously accepted this.

Then it gave three options:

to keep files

to keep files and programs

to keep nothing.

Only the "keep nothing" option was available to me, as apparently My C drive could be some kind of strange place for my OS to reside !

OK - I thought, just go ahead, and lose a day's work. At least I will be up to date.

After about an hour, we are ready to log in.

Then login screen came up with nothing else but "Other User" ! need I say more!!!

So luckily I have an Android pad, and worked around the problem via online instructions, gained via the pad.

And I was IN ! or so I thought....

Now I am at a stage where I CAN (And am in here now writing this) log in to my own account.

Windows however, has, at the latest update/build, seen fit to create an Admin Account, alongside My own account !

I am elevated right to the bottom !!!!!!!!!!!

So now, whenever I try to do anything, it asks for permissions. Fair enough, except as I have never created a password for this new Admin account in the first place, how am I supposed to access it , to move forward?

Online they say - login to the Admin account and change the password ! haha - very funny.

I now have no spare memory on my pen drives, as they are holding much of my rescued stuff, which would not fit on my external. I have no Blank CD's.

All I want to do now, is to reset this new Admin account password - to something I DO know, so that I can reinstall everything, which I either daren't risk at the moment, in case of another reset. Presently - this laptop is a virtual Brick to use ! Advice anyone? Best regards. Gaz.

:)

 

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