Windows 10: Permissions/Admin problems after changing Windows Key

Discus and support Permissions/Admin problems after changing Windows Key in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; I recently upgraded my motherboard/cpu/and ram. Originally, my Windows 10 installation was a free upgrade from a Windows 7 installation that I'd had.... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by chinagreenelvis, Jan 16, 2020.

  1. CHINAGREENELVIS
    chinagreenelvis Win User

    Permissions/Admin problems after changing Windows Key


    I recently upgraded my motherboard/cpu/and ram. Originally, my Windows 10 installation was a free upgrade from a Windows 7 installation that I'd had. Swapping to new parts invalidated my activation, and I was forced to purchase a new key.

    After re-activating Windows, I've started to notice that I have permissions problems across the board, and constantly have to provide myself with authority to do simple things, like renaming internal hard drives.

    I do a lot of coding in AutoHotKey, and as part of automation, I have scrips that startup/shutdown various programs. I've noticed that I now have to run those scrips in Administrator Mode for them to work; otherwise, when attempting to shut a program down, they'll fail and the program will just keep running. This is how I know for certain that something in my system or profile has changed.

    I tried creating a new admin profile on the system only to be faced with the same problem.

    Any thoughts on how I can correct this and return to having a normal level of administrative access to my machine would be greatly appreciated. I really do not want to reinstall the OS.

    :)
     
    chinagreenelvis, Jan 16, 2020
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  2. NAMSLAS90
    Namslas90 Win User

    admin password?

    You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

    *Toast :toast:
     
    Namslas90, Jan 16, 2020
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  3. BREE
    Bree Win User
    "You'll need to provide admin permission to..." - Problem/Need Help

    Welcome to TenForums @orbatron

    The permissions of that drive are associated with accounts that existed in the old Windows 7 system, but don't exist in your Windows 10. Taking ownership of the files, folders, or even the whole drive should give you access.

    Fortunately TenForums has plenty of step-by-step tutorials, Option Four in this tutorial is probably the easiest method to try.

    Change Owner of File, Folder, Drive, or Registry Key in Windows 10
     
    Bree, Jan 16, 2020
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  4. GLASTOLOVER
    glastolover Win User

    Permissions/Admin problems after changing Windows Key

    Windows 10 Permissions Issues

    Hooray!!!! Thanks so much, you are a superstar. Issue resolved.

    I thought the fact that "Administrators" were listed in the permissions meant that all Admins had access, but apparently not. Now I added my specific login account, it works fine.

    Thanks so much for your help, these UAC things in Windows are quite confusing, I am not (entirely) stupid!!
     
    glastolover, Jan 16, 2020
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