Windows 10: Unable to enable built-in admin account in windows 11

I used the method in this website link at the bottom to enable built-in admin account in Windows 11. When I tried to disable it using the method mentioned in the same website change the value of 00000038 in first row from 11 to 10, it didn't work. Since I had access to built-in admin account, I used the command "net user administrator /active:no" in the cmd of built-in admin account to disable the same and it worked. When I tried to re enable the built in admin by using the same method mentioned in the website by changing 10 to 11, the admin account is not enabled. When I went back to c

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Unable to access "Life at a Glance" with error: "functions cannot be used with a built-in admin account" on Windows 10

Hello,

As you are unable to access Life at a Glance function after installing an update on your device. Do not worry we will help you with this issue.

The error message states that this issue might have occurred if the built-in administrator account is enabled on your device.

Try the below troubleshooting steps to disable built-in admin account and check if it helps.

Steps to disable Built-in administrator.

• Press Windows + X key together on your desktop screen.
• Click on Command Prompt (admin) to open
  Command Prompt.
• Type the following command and hit Enter: net user administrator /active: no
  (Check for the spaces)

Hope it helps. Get back to us with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Win 10 - no admin account

Hi,

If you are unable to create a new user account, try to enable the in-built administrator account and check.



To do so, follow the steps.

• 
  Press Windows + X. Click on command prompt (admin)
  
• 
  Type the following command and hit enter
  
  net user administrator /active:yes
  
• 
  Log out and sign in to the default admin account and try to add a new admin user.
  

Let us know the results once you have tried these methods. Hope this information was helpful.

 

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