Windows 10: User Account Control pop-up - "YES" button grayed out, can't click it

Discus and support User Account Control pop-up - "YES" button grayed out, can't click it in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Whenever I try to open most non-Microsoft programs and many Windows 10 features -- like System Restore, for example -- I get the 'User Account Control'... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by pfields, Oct 2, 2015.

  1. pfields Win User

    User Account Control pop-up - "YES" button grayed out, can't click it


    Whenever I try to open most non-Microsoft programs and many Windows 10 features -- like System Restore, for example -- I get the 'User Account Control' pop-up with the "YES" button grayed out, dead, so it can't be clicked. Only the "NO" button in the pop-up is live and clickable so in the end I just can't do anything in the computer anymore.

    That happened out of the blue a few days ago and it's the very worst consequence of my making the stupid mistake of linking my Microsoft account to my Windows sign in.

    Now I also can neither find nor access my Administrator account, or make any changes to accounts for that matter.

    Tried System Restore through 'Settings/Recovery/Advanced Startup' and it didn't work. Then I tried Windows 10 'refreshing' (re-installing). That not only didn't solve the UAC popup problem but added a huge new one to the whole mess: I lost all my non-Microsoft programs (Advanced System Care, Lightshot, etc), and now can't install them back anymore.

    Yesterday I spent around an hour and a half online with a US-based Tech person from Microsoft's Help Desk. Despite her best efforts, she couldn't find a solution, and in the end I was told the only way out for me was to wipe my hard disk out and reinstall the original OS that came with my laptop -- in that case, it was Windows 7. However, this computer didn't come with a Reinstall disk; it only has a copy of Windows 7 in the 'D' drive so if I wipe everything out I won't have a way to reinstall the original OS. She said that in that case the only solution would be to buy a brand new Windows copy, but I simply can't afford that.

    So as you can see it's like one of those 'Twilight Zone' episodes.

    Does anyone know a solution for my case, please? I'll deeply appreciate any help I can get.

    Thanks.

    Paul

    :)
     
    pfields, Oct 2, 2015
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    I am currently the only user on my computer and I log in with my password. I was trying to run my weekly scan of my malware software and I got the "User Account Control" box which always pops up when I run the malware but now it is telling me "to continue,
    type an administrator password, and then click yes". I have never had to do that before. I was always able to just click yes to continue but now the "yes" button is grayed out and I thought being logged in with my microsoft account was all I needed. I have
    gone into the control panel to see if I could figure it out but of course I can't get past entering a password and not only that where would I type the password. I should also mention that I have had some other issues and was on a remote session with microsoft
    where they take control of your system and ever since that I have run into other issues! I don't want them messing with my computer anymore. I should have never installed Windows10! Oh well.....please help me User Account Control pop-up - "YES" button grayed out, can't click it :)
     
    Killmenow50, Oct 2, 2015
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  3. I am not able to change my own account into administrator when I was and am the only user on computer on windows 10. Please help.

    i typed in User Account Control Settings and again the administrator allowance pop-up again and the yes button was grayed out. You think I will need to put my computer into
    safe mode.
     
    TheHawkeyeMan1, Oct 2, 2015
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  4. hawkman Win User

    User Account Control pop-up - "YES" button grayed out, can't click it

    Try Option 2 in Brinks tutorial User account control, select which level of control you want.

    Roy
     
    hawkman, Oct 2, 2015
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  5. pfields Win User
    Roy, thanks for your reply.

    I found that 'Brinks tutorial' online, but it says, among other things: "3. If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes.

    Now that's exactly the thing: when the User Account Control popup comes up, I would have to click the "YES" option, but the "YES" button is dead, grayed out; it doesn't work. And since I lost access to my Administrator account, I'm trapped in a loop.
     
    pfields, Apr 5, 2018
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