Well, ok. That's what I was afraid of. Thanks for all of your help. I learned a lot.

I now have three pages of passwords stored on my 2 year old laptop for my various apps but Nowhere can I recall needing a password for Windows. Nor does one appear on these 3 pages. Both...

Ok. I got it, finally. It seems to have worked just fine. It unlocked the dialog box that usually tells me ''To continue, type the administrator password, and then click Yes.'' But now the boxes are...

Oh. I didn't realize. I will try it first thing tomorrow morning (9 hours from now) and I'll get back to you.

Thanks.

22 Feb 2016
I have tried option 4 above - No Go. When I click on the ''MediaCreation Tool'' I get a ''To continue, type the administrator password, and then click Yes.'' But there is no place for...

Thanks for the info. I have not tried option 4 above because my Windows 10 was a free upgrade from Windows 8.1 (and that came with the laptop installed) and I had no copy with which to attempt this...

Thanks for the advice. However, the problem still remains. When I try to execute item number three (3) of the recommended tutorial I get the dreaded "To continue, type an administrator password, and...

Thanks philc43. An amazing tutorial. Here are the results of that tutorial. Can you see anything amiss? Based on this, what must I do to return my OS to its pre-screw-up standard, unlocked/unblocked...

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, I'm still locked out of the elevated administrator account. Nothing on that page has worked. Still open to suggestions.

Answer:
Alias name administrators (hgl - see attachment)
Comment Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain

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Recently I had to make a change in my computer that required the Elevated Administrator account to be used. I finally figured out how to open that account, did my thing, shut down the Elevated...