Windows 10 without any Admin access / Adminstrator Disabled

Question

Short version -- I have no local Admin access to a computer, though there is an Administrator account. Is there any way I can fix things?

I was told I should ask this over here.

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• I have several computers and an AD domain.
• Let's call the computer in question ALPHA and the domain HERE.LOCAL.
• ALPHA has only one major user who never needed to be anything except a Standard user.
• Whenever I needed to do something with the computer, I used my Admin ID from the domain.
• Now, there is a Trust problem b/w the computer and the domain. I can log onto the computer as the regular user both locally and for our domain. Trying to log in with my Admin ID prompts the trust problem.
• I can't restore trust w/o running Powershell as Admin. I can't create a new user account.
• There is a default Administrator account. It is listed as disabled. I can't seem to re-enable it.

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So far, I've tried and failed to:

-turn the Standard user into an Admin
-get the Administrator account enabled
-Using a password reset program -- one has done a little but wants $30 before helping and the others have triggered virus alerts

I'd appreciate some help / suggestions.

Answer 1

Follow instructions here:

https://4sysops.com/archives/forgot-the-administrator-password-the-sticky-keys-trick/

This will get you a command prompt as the system account. From there, do whatever you wish...