Windows 10: USER ACCOUNT CONTROL ON UNABLE MAKE ME ADMIN

USER ACCOUNT CONTROL OF WINDOWS IS ON, ACCIDENTALY REMOVED ALL ADMINISTRATORS AND ALL ARE NOW STANDARD USERS, WHEN TRIED TO LOGIN ASKING FINGERPRINT SECURITY AND WHEN ITS DONE SYSTEM IS SHOWING AS USER NOT VERIFIED.

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Unable to Turn On User Account Control

Hi Nicky,

User Account Control (UAC) is a feature that was designed to prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. For us to isolate the issue, we suggest
that you follow these steps to enable the User Account Control (UAC):

• Click on Start.
• Type Control Panel, and then press Enter.
• Click on System and Security.
• Click on Security and Maintenance.
• On the left pane, click on Change User Account Control settings.
• The Slider should be set to the 3rd option from the bottom.
• Click on OK button.

Let us know how it goes.

 

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

 

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