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How do I make my user account an administrator account? help.

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2019-11-10T20:13:19+00:00

When I was trying to take all the accounts of my pc I accidentally change my account type to user and I don't know how to make it back to an admin account again this is my only account I'm just stuck like this; Every time I try to change it back it says to enter admin password and username or something and the enter button is not there pls help

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-11-10T20:49:48+00:00

    Hi DeshayMartin,

    I'm Roshan V S, Independent advisor and a Windows user like you.

    I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy to help you.

    Start your pc in safe mode with command prompt check this article for reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/12376/...

    After entering into safe mode type cmd in search

    Right click and run it as admin.

    Run the following command and hit enter

    net localgroup Administrators Your_User_Name /add

    Replace Your_User_Name with your user account name.

    Then close cmd, then restart your pc.

    Do get back to us with the result. We will be glad to help if you need further assistance.

    Best Regards

    Roshan V S

    Indepedent Advisor

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-11T05:57:07+00:00

    Hi DeshayMartin,

    You need to rely on a third party disk cloning software to do this. The suggested method is performing a clean install of windows to your SSD. I am attaching a page for the better understanding of these 2 methods from the answer Andre Da Costa- Windows MVP : https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-11T05:18:27+00:00

    Thank you so much, I also have another problem this time with where the OS is saved. For my PC its stored on local disk and I was wondering If it’s possible to transfer it to an SSD

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