Error "The requested operation requires elevation" for Win11 home

Question

Hi,

There are 2 hotmail accounts on my laptop. Account 1 was used first for the starting setting procedure of the system so it is an administrator. I added Account 2 later. I want to change Account 2 to administrator.

I disabled the administor of Account 1 first by: 1. clicking Win-x 2. select Terminal (Admin) 3. type Disable-LocalUser -Name account1.

Now I can't do any administrator jobs, including changing Account 2 to administrator or recovering to factory setting. Whenever I try to do admin jobs, the system asks for fingerprint. If I use the finger of Account 2, error "The requested operation requires elevation" is shown.

I tried to remove finger login in Settings / Accounts / Sign-In options / Fingerprint recognition / Remove. But the system still asks for fingerprint.

I have pin and can use pin to login to the laptop. But the system only shows fingerprint option for admin jobs.

Still any way to change Account 2 to admin? Thanks for any suggestions. My system is Winodws 11 home 22H2.

Answer 1

Great point - I have device encryption turned off for my VM which is why I miss that point in most of the articles. Thank you for letting me know and glad your issue is resolved.

Answer 2

Thank you so much. It worked! One thing the page did not mention is that BitLocker recovery key is needed (maybe just for some laptops). I found the key with Microsoft account in the link aka.ms/myrecoverykey

Answer 3

Hi Daxue,
I am Sumit here to assist you with this question.

The only option you have is to enable Hidden admin account and make the changes from there.

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2022/04/lost-a...

Hope that helps.

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