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Show me the way to go home (back to W8.1)
No matter what I do, I can't gain administrative privileges for my W10 PC:
Never prompted to elevate privilege as administrator - Windows 10 Forums
I never reset my administrative password when I upgraded - it just doesn't like it anymore.
I'd like to throw in the towel, and go back to W8.1. Alas, I have to be an administrator to do so!
If I boot WinPE from a thumb drive, run the command prompt, and attempt this:
TO RESET A FORGOTTEN ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD, FOLLOW THESE STEPS: - Spiceworks
I'm told that access is denied to the C: drive. From what I've read, ntpasswd is a miracle cure - except, I haven't read that anyone's used it with success on W10 (one user claims it was *not*).
Is there anything left for me to try, before I do a complete wipe and reinstall of W8?
adTHANKSvance
Dan