Cannot change account to administrator!

I just tried Ronnie Vernon solution to go into safe mode and I still have change account type greyed out when I click administrator.  This makes absolutely no sense since above this it shows as administrator/password protected but standard is clicked.  I did not make these changes... all I did was to create another local user and give it administrator priviledges as well.

Because of this I can't create new folders on my computer....how ridiculous is this that an administrator should have 2 levels more.

And this is supposed to be better than Windows XP? Jeez.

F8

Hi. I need to change my account to administrator so I can make changes to my internet accounts but my internet provider told me that I am just a standard user in Windows 8 and I need to change it to administrator. When I try to change my user profile from standard to administrator, Windows 8 won't let me, even though I am logged in under my Microsoft account. How can I change this? It's pretty frustrating!!

Hi

You cannot use a Standard (Local) account to change the account to Administrator. You can only use an existing Administrator account to do this.

 

Open Control Panel (Move the cursor to the lower/left corner of the screen and Right Click, select Control Panel on the menu.

In Control Panel, select User Accounts.

Select Manage another account.

 

This will show all of the user accounts on the computer. If there is an Administrator account it will show that designation.

Sign Out and log on with any Administrator Account.

Go back to Control Panel/User Accounts.

Select Manage another account and then select the Standard account you wish to change.

Select the Change Account Type option.

Select the Administrator option to change the account and click the Change Account Type button.

 

If there are no other Administrator Accounts, let us know and we can try another recovery method.

 

Let us know what you find.

 

Regards

 

I too have the same problem. I have a Windows Account and a Local Account. Neither have administrator rights. No Administrative Account is visible anywhere. If I try to make changes, such as installing Adobe, I'm asked for a finger swipe, but when I do, it says I need to be elevated. I tried to enter "Net User administrator /active:yes" at CMD prompt, but got system error 5. No matter what I tried or where I looked, I couldn't find or set up an administrator.

Judy

They should have an option during the install:

Do you know what you are doing? click here...

Do you like facebook? click here....

Then the power users can be happy.