Windows 10: Unable to access my administrator account i know the password, but the admin user profile...

1. I created a guest account without Microsoft account details named "aanchal" . When i restarted my PC and entered the password for this account, the output was - 'user profile service failed the sign in"2. After this, my admin account which is usually shown on the bottom left, vanished and i was not able to switch the user to enter the original password3. Now everytime i open my laptop, because my facial recognition is on, the laptop reads my face and does the usual unlock reading "welcome back Eshan Dev!" But yet i can't enter the desktop, and it shows the guest user againasking for

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Settings can't be opened using the built-in administrator account


Hello,
Unfortunately I have the same issue as Dabz from upgrading win7 to win10.
I've tried opening settings using all the suggested methods and it will not load using my account with Administrator access nor the built-in Administrator profile. I also tried other methods not listed such as using Run. Control panel is just a stepping stone to add users in Settings.
I'm also having explorer.exe issues, which I believe is preventing Settings from loading.
Using cmd (Admin) I successfully created a new user profile [and granted admin access also using cmd (Admin)], however win10 will not allow this account to log on. win10 does not list this new user within control panel but it does in the start menu. win10 will not allow to log in or switch to the new account via the start menu either.
I can access settings in Safe Mode but this will not allow me to create a new account.
Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

 

Is there a way to delete the administrator profile without the password on Windows 10?

Hello Kolby,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



An administrator account is a user account that lets you make changes that will affect other users. Administrators can change security settings, install software and hardware, and access all files on the computer. Administrators can also make changes
to other user accounts.



You will be able to delete another user account only if you are the administrator with complete user rights on the PC. If you are using a local or administrator with limited user rights account, you will not be able to delete the account unless you
know the administrator password of the actual administrative user profile.



Since you do not know the password of the Administrator user profile, you will not be able to make any major system changes on the PC.



Step 1: If you get to know the administrator password, I suggest you to convert the user profile to administrator profile
by following the steps below:

• 
  Press Windows logo key on the keyboard, type
  Control panel and click on the top most search result.
  
• 
  Select User Accounts or Change account type
  from the window and click on your user account name.
  
  
• 
  Select Administrator and click on
  Change account type.
  
• 
  Close the window and check if the changes are effective.
  

Step 2: Follow the steps below to delete the user profile:

• Press Windows logo + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Command prompt (Admin) from the context menu.
• Enter the administrator password when prompted and click OK
• Enter net user and press Enter. You will now see all user account in the system.
• Then type net user accname /del and press Enter. For example: If you want to delete the user account named
  computer, then the command line net user computer /del.
• Reboot the PC and check if the changes are effective

Write to us with the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Forgot admin password

Hi,

Thank you for posing your response.

As you are in a state were your account is completely inaccessible, I suggest that you try to access in build admin account and check if you are able to access the desktop.

To access the in built administrator account follow the steps below

Step 1: Follow the steps to enable Built-in Administrator account:

• As you are stuck min Safe Mode, in the sign-in
  screen, press and hold shift key and click on the
  power icon. Here click on Restart and then Restart now.
• Type: net user administrator /active:yes (To enable Built –in Administrator account give the command Active: No).
• Then press ENTER.

Step 2: From Built-in Administrator account give Administrator rights to your user account:

• Press Windows Key + X key and click Control Panel.
• Click on User account.
• Click on Manage another account.
• Click on your user account.
• Click on reset the password.
• Restart the computer and check if you are able to login.

Note: Once done exist the build in admin account by typing the command
net user administrator /active:no

Hope this helps