Cannot change account to administrator!

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

Hi Judy

The following will recover your Administrator account.

If there are no Administrator accounts on the system, you can boot to Safe Mode to access the Built-in Administrator account.

1. Press WinKey+I to display Settings.
2. Click the Power Options icon.
3. Hold down the Shift Key while you click the Restart option.
4. On the first screen, select Troubleshoot.
5. On the next screen, select Advanced Options.
6. On the next screen, select Startup Settings. Click the Restart Button.
7. Press the Number 4 Key.

The computer will start in Safe Mode.

Click the Arrow Icon.

Select the Administrator account.

After Safe Mode starts, open Control Panel / User Accounts.

Select Manage another account and select the account you wish to change to an Administrator account.

Select Change Account Type.

Select the Administrator option and click the Change account type button.

Exit Control Panel and Restart the computer.

Log on with your Administrator account.

Let us know if this works for you.

Regards

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.

I am about ready to throw my XP backup back on my computer.

And I did.

XP has always been a great operating system. I had nothing but trouble with my experiment of Windows 8. For those out there who are constantly harping about the "blue screen of death" on XP, I have no idea what you are taking about. I have literally dozens of programs installed on my machine. I use it for video work, photo work, recording music (bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, four singers), and a number of other things. I don't have any problems. After more than ten years, it is still going strong.

But what do I get when I try Windows 8? The frigging thing wont even let me be an administrator with full administrative rights. Its not worth the trouble. I have wasted my time and money thinking that M.S. had something good here. They dropped the ball on this one.

I don't have a tablet computer and I don't play games. I actually do real work on my machine and I am not going to sit around looking for things that should be there IN A SIMPLE MENU.

Go to the left and swipe here, go to the bottom left, right, upper, lower corner and right, left click, type in what you are looking for, blah blah blah. It is a piece of ****.

And frankly, I am sick of having to confirm every frigging thing I do on my computer. I can hear it now though from some of you saying that I have not addressed a specific problem. The problem is the interface, the way menus have been taken away, the ridiculous ribbon, administartive rights, having to sign in to big brother every time I turn on my machine. It would take a dummy's book just to write down all the problems this "operating system" has.

To you Linux guys out there: This is your chance.