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Administrator Status lost after upgrade to Windows 10
Upgraded to Windows 10 Pro yesterday (The first official public release) from Windows 8.1 Pro.
After upgrading I was having some issues with Outlook not sending e-mail. During the investigation I noticed that I am no longer listed as "Administrator" in the user account settings and that I cannot change that. I was Administrator when it was Windows 8.1.
To troubleshoot I have enabled the "Administrator" account and logged into that. I have other issues there though. Like many people the Start button, Cortana and basically the whole task bar does not work except for right click on an empty space (Right Click on Start button or Cortana areas does not work). I figured I would deal with this later and went into the User Accounts control panel to elevate myself to Administrator but It is still greyed out and will not allow me to.
I think if I could "Right Click" on either "control panel" or "User Accounts" and "Run As Administrator" that I might be able to fix it but there is no "Run As Administrator" option for those programs.
Any help much appreciated. I know there is not a lot of Windows 10 questions from official final release but hopefully someone will have a clue as to how to fix this.
Carl
After upgrading I was having some issues with Outlook not sending e-mail. During the investigation I noticed that I am no longer listed as "Administrator" in the user account settings and that I cannot change that. I was Administrator when it was Windows 8.1.
To troubleshoot I have enabled the "Administrator" account and logged into that. I have other issues there though. Like many people the Start button, Cortana and basically the whole task bar does not work except for right click on an empty space (Right Click on Start button or Cortana areas does not work). I figured I would deal with this later and went into the User Accounts control panel to elevate myself to Administrator but It is still greyed out and will not allow me to.
I think if I could "Right Click" on either "control panel" or "User Accounts" and "Run As Administrator" that I might be able to fix it but there is no "Run As Administrator" option for those programs.
Any help much appreciated. I know there is not a lot of Windows 10 questions from official final release but hopefully someone will have a clue as to how to fix this.
Carl
Since the upgrade itself worked, I'd suggest to download the iso of the windows 10 OS (make sure you get the same version as what is installed, ie home or Pro).
Then use the iso to do a clean install of Windows 10 this time. Burn the iso to DVD and boot your PC from it (or use WinsetupToUSB to make a bootable USB stick from the iso file):
http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/downloads/
I've heard of issues is you download the USB version of Windows 10, but with the iso it has worked, at least for me.
During the installation you may be asked for the key (I got asked twice). just use the "Skip" option when that happens. Your fresh installation should automatically activate without needing any key as it the upgrade you just did activated successfully. A clean installation is always better than an upgrade.
Then use the iso to do a clean install of Windows 10 this time. Burn the iso to DVD and boot your PC from it (or use WinsetupToUSB to make a bootable USB stick from the iso file):
http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/downloads/
I've heard of issues is you download the USB version of Windows 10, but with the iso it has worked, at least for me.
During the installation you may be asked for the key (I got asked twice). just use the "Skip" option when that happens. Your fresh installation should automatically activate without needing any key as it the upgrade you just did activated successfully. A clean installation is always better than an upgrade.
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YOu may be right. A full clean installation may be in order. But it will have to way. Too many things to backup and not enough time.
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The more I look at this the more I think it is actually a problem with Outlook 2013. Though I have tried the repair and the scanpst to no avail.
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There was no clear cut solution offered. Reformatting is not generally what I would call a solution. But in this case the only one that seemed viable.
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