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The administrator is disabled by default. <br />
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Try PogoStick to see if you can reset the user's account off-line. <br />
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<a href="http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/" rel="ugc">http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/</a>
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The administrator is disabled by default.

Try PogoStick to see if you can reset the user's account off-line.

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ [http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/]

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You can use the above tool to enable the admin account, and set a password to it.
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You can use the above tool to enable the admin account, and set a password to it.

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So this tool will work if the user profile we are using right now is a limited user (no admin rights), correct?
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So this tool will work if the user profile we are using right now is a limited user (no admin rights), correct?

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You need to try to reset the account off-line and change the privilege level. <br />
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If it does not work, you need to reinstall Windows 10 from the media creation link (KEEP Data and Applications)<br />
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<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10" rel="ugc">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10</a>
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You need to try to reset the account off-line and change the privilege level.

If it does not work, you need to reinstall Windows 10 from the media creation link (KEEP Data and Applications)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10]

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can you not run a command prompt as administrator (start x -- Command Prompt (as admin) then<br />
net user administrator /active:yes
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can you not run a command prompt as administrator (start x -- Command Prompt (as admin) then
net user administrator /active:yes

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what was the answer you didn't show it
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Hello Experts -<br />
<br />
So we ran into a little quandary. Someone set up a machine and inadvertently disabled the administrator account and then disabled administrative privileges to the only account that is in use.<br />
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Does anyone know of a quick little trick to re-enable the admin account?<br />
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OS: Windows 10 Pro<br />
Current Profile: non-admin<br />
PC is not on a domain
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Hello Experts -

So we ran into a little quandary. Someone set up a machine and inadvertently disabled the administrator account and then disabled administrative privileges to the only account that is in use.

Does anyone know of a quick little trick to re-enable the admin account?

OS: Windows 10 Pro
Current Profile: non-admin
PC is not on a domain

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