I accidently changed my administrator account to guest

Question

I accidently changed my administrator account to guest
I can't do anythng anymore to my pc.
How can I fix this ?

Answer 1

Hi JurgenDejaegher-7065 ,

you can try this: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/no-administrator-rights-on-the-pc-windows-10/73cab663-31fb-423c-9e88-de1fccc89ba8?auth=1

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi there,

You can try activating the Default Admin account on the PC , to do that follow the below steps

Step 1:
To start Windows 10 in safe mode with command prompt:

1. Press Windows + I keys on the keyboard to open Settings menu.
2. Select Update & security and click on Recovery.
3. Go to Advanced startup and select Restart now.
4. After your PC restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings >Restart.

After your PC restarts, select a startup setting as Safe Mode with command prompt by pressing the corresponding number.

Step 2:

Follow the below steps to enable Built in Administrator:

1. Open Command Prompt from Windows Recovery Environment.
2. Copy and paste the below command and press Enter.

            net user administrator /active:yes
   

3. Close the Command Prompt.
4. Try to login though Built in Administrator and change the other user account privileges to Administrator.
5. You may create new user account also and assign the administrative privileges to the account.

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