Windows 10: Unable to perform any administrative tasks in my computer though I am basically admin user

Hello Team,


Hope you are doing well.


I am by default admin to my PC. However, I am unable to run any administrative tasks. Please help me resolve the issue.


Unable to perform below tasks:

1Install or uninstall any applicationapplication gets struck

2Unable to open cmd prompt as administratorCmd is not opening only

3Unable to open environment variables

4Unable to launch any application from Windows


I am unable to take even screenshots also as snipping tool is not launching.

Recently, Some software update was done automatically. I suspect that would have caused the issue. Can you please help me?


Thanks.

:)

 

Unable to perform admin tasks after converting Admin account to Standard user

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand that after making your Admin account as a Standard user account, you are unable to perform any task that requires admin access. We would like to inform you that if we make an Admin account as a Standard account, we would not be able to
perform Admin tasks, to do so we will need permission from the Admin account.



As you have mentioned that, you have another Admin account on the computer, we can use the other account to change the account type of your account. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Login to the computer using the second account.
   
2. Press Windows key + R, to open
   Run dialog box.
   
3. Type netplwiz and click on
   OK.
   
4. Now, double click on your user account and click on
   Group Membership tab.
   
5. Select Administrator and click on
   OK (Twice).
   

Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

My ID Is An Admin, But I cannot perform Admin functions

Hi Michael,

I realize that you are unable to perform some admin functions on the pc even though you have logged in to the pc as admin. I will try to help you with this issue.

Please answer this question to get more clarity on this issue:

• 
  What is the error message you get while trying to perform admin functions?
  

If your current user account is not an admin account then using the built in admin account you can change the current user account into admin account. Press Windows key + X and click on Control Panel. Click on User account to see if your user account
is set as admin or standard.

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.

If your current user account is set as admin then follow these steps to disable the built in admin account.

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).
  

Once this is done the built in admin account is disabled.

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Health & Performance Report Not Available on 2 user accounts except the administrator's account in the laptop has Health Report

We appreciate your time responding back to us. At this point, we would suggest that you access the built-in Administrator account to and check if you would be able to perform a Health Check from it. Here are the steps on how to enable the built-in Administrator
Account:

• Right-click on the Start button.
• Select Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type the net user administrator /active:yes and hit
  Enter.

After completing these steps, you should see a message that you've done the command completed successfully. Sign out from your current user profile and you'll see the Administrator account as one of the choices.

Let us know if you would be able to perform a system health check on your account and we'll assist you with the next steps needed.

Once you're successful with performing a health check on the Administrator account, we would suggest that you disable it from your personal user profile by following these steps:

• Right-click on the Start button.
• Select Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type the net user administrator /active:no and hit Enter.

Let us know how it goes and we'll assist you further.