How to re-enable the administrator account in Windows 11 using a non-administrator local account?

Question

The administrator account was disable during the creation of a local account with no admin right.

Answer 1

Hi @STG-Group ,

This can be done easily with the following steps.

Please note that this will require you to have an another machine with admin rights if you do not have an Windows/WinPE/WinRE ISO.

Steps:

1. Get a Windows 10/11 ISO or Windows PE ISO.
2. Burn it to a USB Drive or any other external media using a media creation tool or Rufus.
3. Boot the USB Drive on your locked out computer.
4. Select Repair my computer on the installation screen.
5. A command prompt window should open.
6. Type regedit and press Enter.
7. Registry Editor should open. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key on left pane.
8. Then in the menu select File>Load Hive.
9. Go to C:\Windows\System32\config. Please note that C: represents the drive on which Windows is installed.
10. In the list select SAM and click Open.
11. In the Load Hive dialog box, type REM_SAM as key name and click Ok.
12. Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\REM_SAM\SAM\Domains\Accounts\Users\000001F4 using left pane.
13. On right select F binary data and double-click to modify it.
14. On line 0038(simply the value on 8th Row & 1st Column) change 11 to 10.
15. Click Ok and close everything and reboot your computer after removing the bootable media.

You should be able to login now.

Regards,
P Jain

Answer 2

Might give this a go.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/windows-security/access-computer-after-administrator-disabled

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Answer 3

Hello,

See if this fix helps you (works with Windows 11):

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-lost-administrative-rights-in-windows-10

Let us know if this helps!

Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.

Answer 4

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/enable-or-disable-built-in-administrator-account-in-windows-11.709/#Five

Click on this link and follow method five, and you can activate the local Administrator without administrator privileges. Beware though, anything and everything run with "True Admin," as I like to call it, will have complete control over the computer, which can put your computer at extreme risk. Use sparingly.