Windows 10: No Admin Access /Cannot change existing user accounts to admin account

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  1. MEDINA
    medina Win User

    No Admin Access /Cannot change existing user accounts to admin account


    Hello All,
    I'm delighted to have found you and after a long day of trying to help myself i am now requiring your much appreciated assistance please!*cry I'm not a techy person at all and am hoping someone can help*Smile
    Last week my husband purchased a new hp laptop which came with Windows 10
    On setup i used my microsoft account to login with a pin, the account was setup as administrator (thinking i could change things later) *Redface
    About 2 days later i added a standard user account for my husband with a microsoft account login with pin.
    I wanted to make his the administrator account but thought i had better change mine to a standard account first! My mistake!!
    Now i cannot change anything! i have tried to use the cmd prompt to run as administrator - it asks for administrator permission and does not allow me to enter a password or yes!
    I have tried all suggestions to enable the hidden windows 10 account but all ask for the same permission.
    I have tried to go to setup, recovery, troubleshoot, advanced option, system restore - it requests an administrator password and when i entered what i thought is mine it does not work! Feeling a little *Mad
    Does anybody know anyway i can go back in time to start again or how do i access administrator rights as i really need to add programs etc *cry*cry
    Thank you for any help given *Biggrin*Biggrin

    :)
     
    medina, Aug 28, 2016
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  2. B.J. MONACO
    B.J. Monaco Win User
    B.J. Monaco, Aug 28, 2016
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  3. BGGRIT
    BGGrit Win User
    Window 10 Administrator Account Not Available

    I attempted to assign a new password to an existing administrator account today and it failed to work. I reset the password twice via Microsoft reset process, received code, reset password, and still does not work.

    To make matters worse the only other administrator account, which was previously working, was apparently changed to a standard user. Account type not showing and can not be changed. Can't access command prompt (admin).

    How can I recover a working password for the recognized admin account or change the user account to an admin account.

    Thanks
     
    BGGrit, Aug 28, 2016
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  4. ETHELWULF
    Ethelwulf Win User

    No Admin Access /Cannot change existing user accounts to admin account

    Ethelwulf, Aug 28, 2016
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  5. TRUSTME
    TrustMe Win User
    TrustMe, Apr 5, 2018
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