Windows 10: Unable to Log In - receiving the "An administrator has restricted sign in" error message

I am currently locked out of my Dell laptop. It pops up with a message that states


"An administrator has restricted sign in. To sign in, make sure your device is connected to the Internet, and have your administrator sign in first."


I am the administrator on my laptop and it is accepting my password but it is still insisting that an administrator logs in first.


How can fix this? Is there a registry key that I can edit to remove this requirement?


I have tried a restore but it isn't removing the restriction.


The machine has some finance information on it that is very important in Microsoft Money - if I am forced to reinstall the system will I lose the Microsoft Money installation and data?


Many thanks for your help,


David.

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unable to log in to Windows 10 administrator account

I'm running Windows 10 on a desktop computer. I established a new administrator account (new admin) and then changed my normal user account to a standard account. Now, I can't log in to the new administrator account so I'm unable to make certain changes
to my computer (e.g., installing new software). When I type in the password for my administrator account, I receive an error indicating the "User Profile Service service failed the sign-in. User profile cannot be loaded." Suggestions?

 

unable to sign in as administrator

Hi William,

To isolate the issue, please provide us the following information:

• Were there any changes made on your computer prior to the issue?
• Are you getting any error messages when attempting to sign in as administrator? Please send us a screenshot.
• What kind of activities were you trying to do before getting a prompt to sign in as administrator? Please cite some examples.

Regards.

 

Unable to sign in as System Administrator, "no program associated..."

I assume from that wording that not only did you create a new user with administrator rights, but you also downgraded the original user from an administrator to a standard user. If so, that was unnecessary (you can have as many administrative accounts as you want) and an unfortunate choice.

You need to log in as an administrator to sort out your problems, so tell use exactly what error messages you get if you try to log into the new account you created. Let's see if we can help you sign into that, then you'll have the permissions to sort out your other problem.