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Can't switch to Administrator profile on Windows 7

Anonymous
2016-02-09T23:38:34+00:00

I'm trying to install Spyhunter in an attempt to remove search.sidecubes but it requires me to be logged on as the admin. When I click the start button to switch users and select the admin profile, it never switches. It just shows the spinning working/loading thing and never switches over. It will just go on and on and on and never switch over. I've attempted this in safe mode also with the same results.

I've tried to right click "run as admin" on the spyhunter install but that doesn't work either.

This search.sidecubes malware is practically making my laptop unusable. I've gone into all my Chrome settings, etc and made all the recommended changes but that never works.

Please help. I'm about to throw this laptop out my window.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-02-11T17:17:43+00:00

    That didn't work. Here's how it looked. The password is just there to show an example of the message I got. I did right click on cmd-run as admin but it doesn't look like that even worked.

    Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-10T10:37:23+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

    I would suggest you to enable built-in admin account and then try to create new administrator account and try if it helps.

    Steps to enable built-in administrator account is as follows:

    1. Click the Start button, and then type cmd in the search box.

    In the search results list, right-click cmd, and then click Run as Administrator.

    2.       At the command prompt, type net user administrator /active:yes, and then press ENTER. 

    3.       Type net user administrator <Password>, and then press ENTER.

    Note:  Please replace the <Password> tag with your passwords which you want to set to administrator account.

    Type exit, and then press ENTER. Log off the current user account.

    Refer to the article to create new Admin account:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-7

    Note: Please don't forget to disable in-built admin after creating ne account.

    Hope this helps. Please get back to us with the results.

    Regards,

    Anusha

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-15T06:01:42+00:00

    That didn't work again. Same result.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-12T10:02:18+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for reply.

    The command is net user administrator /active:yes

    There is a space in between administrator and forward slash(/)

    I suggest you to please try this once again as the syntax is wrong so the command will not run.

    Regards,

    Anusha

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-15T11:20:48+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for reply.

    I’d suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and check if you can perform the task you would like to.

    1.       Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE). 

    2.       From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE sub tree, go to the following key:

    \SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters 

    3.       From the Edit menu, choose Add Value. 

    4.       Use the following values:

    Value Name: MinFreeConnections

    Data Type: REG_DWORD

    Decimal: 5 

    5.       Close Registry Editor. 

    6.       Run Control Panel and choose Network. 

    7.       Under Installed Network Software, highlight Server and then choose Configure. 

    8.       Under Optimization, select Maximize Throughput for File Sharing and then choose OK. 

    9.       Either shutdown and restart Windows NT, or from a command prompt, type the following two commands (pressing ENTER after each line):

    net stop server

    net start server 

    Note:

    This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

    Hope this helps.

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