Windows 10: Switching from user to admin account requires extra sign in to switch back to user account

In Windows 10 on a home computer, if I sign into a user account, then switch to the administrator account, then switch back to the user account, I have to sign in to the user account again. Why if I'm already signed in? How do I fix this?

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My admin account switched to a user account!


My account may have gotten corrupt in the update, Don't know for sure.
I do know this, This mess is way above my paygrade...LOL...
I really need some help to try to fix this issue.
The attachments can explain far better than me trying type what exactly is going on.
All I can say it's looks pretty darn complicated to me.
I hoping it looks worse than it is.




















I think the simplest way to address this is to make my account an administrator again.
If it can be done, I'm going to need a step by step on how to do it.
Let me know what you all think...Thanks...

 

My admin account switched to a user account!


There's nothing wrong with having two User Accounts (Admin & NON Admin). I'm guessing the rub comes when initially Signing In, Switching Accounts and Permissions, it makes things a bit more difficult. if you happen to Sign In with the NON Admin one, you get that permission popup.

As long as your signed in with Admin one, you should be able to remove the NON Admin one, but don't quote me on that. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will comment on this !

Update: More Info about the different account types ...
Change Account Type in Windows 10 Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials

FYI ....
Rene Garcia(myemail@somehost.com) - Microsoft User Account
Garcia-1(RRG-PC-1\Garcia-1) - Local User Account
Administrators(RRG-PC-1)\Administrators - This is the Administrators Group that you are a part of since you setup your account to be an Administrator.

If you want to switch to a Local Account ...
Switch to Local Account in Windows 10 Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials

 

My admin account switched to a user account!


The first of the many diagrams in this thread show that the link Sign in with a local account instead is displayed for the account that is currently logged on and so the reversion procedure might work for this account. For normal circumstances, that would initiate the conversion back to a local account for the user account currently logged in - see my 23rd & 26th September 2016 posts in revert to local account from one converted to MSAccount. I have no way of knowing how Windows will react to an attempt to use this procedure for the Built-In Admin account and I do not know if that link Sign in with a local account instead will be displayed or not.

I think I side-stepped this issue by suggesting that that

• An extra password-protected Admin level account is created, and
• The Built-In Admin is disabled, and
• The recovery attempt focuses on whichever existing user account remains active afterwards.

Personally, I would reinstall Windows 10 without even attempting this recovery. Installation takes very little effort once everything is backed up and the only necessary user interactions are right at the start & right at the end so it can be initiated before making a pot of tea. It took about 30, 60 & 90 minutes for each of my computers [the 30 minuter is 6 months old, the 60 minuter is 7 years old, 90 minuter is 12 years old].

Raner - I am trying to avoid sounding like I am nagging you into doing a clean install.

• Once you have recovered the existing user account you can attempt to re-enable & remove the MSAccount link from your Built-In Admin if that link appears in Settings, Accounts.
• Bree says it cannot be done and I think the same but I have never tried - I have never been able to get to Settings using the Built-In Admin because it cannot run any Windows 10 Apps so I do not know how it can be done [but the diagrams in Bree's link shows that those users got there].
• Even though I have the safety of having created two spare password-protected Admin accounts I would not want to know that my Built-In Admin was sitting in the background but unable to help me if my other accounts were corrupted.

Denis