Windows 10: Very Limited Administration Privileges

I will go right to the point: How come I, the sole owner and administrator of my laptop, cannot erase a simple pdf file I have created myself, even imedeately after I do so?


Note: Due to an Hard Drive malfunction I had my whole system reinstalled, so new instance of Windows 10. I figure this shuld be the problem since I had no such problems before. How do I even fix this? Having a couple dozens of heavy test pdf files ain't something I look forward to, and since I just got it backc from maintenance, who knows what else I won't be able to do.

:)

 

Limited Administrator privileges

Hi Michael,

If you already have an Administrator privilege, you should be able to make changes to the security/system settings and install the apps that you want. In your situation, you can not save or modify some settings even if you are already an administrator. To
resolve this issue, we recommend that you set it up again by following the steps provided in this

article.

Let us know the result.

 

Dell Touchpad uninstall administrator privileges

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

From the description of the issue, I understand that you are unable to uninstall drivers from Device Manager as it prompts saying log-in with administrator privileges, we will help you to resolve this issue.

I would recommend you to see if you are logged in administrator account, if not then enable it. Please follow the below steps to enable:

Step 1: I would suggest you to enable the built-in administrator account.

You need to run the command from an elevated command prompt. To do that follow the below steps:

• 
  Press the Windows key + R from the keyboard to open the
  Run Command Dialog Box.
  
• 
  Type cmd and right-click on the
  Command Prompt result that should appear.
  
• 
  This opens a list of options at the bottom. Select
  Run as administrator.
  
• 
  Accept the UAC (User Account Control) prompt.
  
• 
  Enter the following command to enable the hidden administrator account:
  net user administrator /active:yes
  

Hope it helps. Feel free to contact us for any assistance on Windows Operating System, we will be happy to help you.

 

Never prompted to elevate privilege as administrator


OK, I tried Dinesh's tutorial. First, here's a list of accounts for my machine:





I held down Shift and rebooted, and got the WinRE splash screen. I was prompted to log in, with "Dan" my only option:





If I clicked on "Don't see your account", I got this:





Is it suggesting that "Dan" is an administrator account? Oh, that it were so... I went back, selected the "Dan" account, and it booted into command prompt. I then attempted the first of Dinesh's instructions:





Hello darkness, my old friend... "Access Denied."

Dan