Lost Admin User status on Win 10 Home

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  1. Posts : 10
    Win 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #11

    Your help is totally appreciated. Thx.
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  2. Posts : 16,712
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #12

    I have been away for a week.

    1 If the new Admin accounts are shown as existing when you enter net user in any Command prompt or PowerShell window, and
    2 If the new Admin account properties contain the entry Local Group Memberships *Administrators when you enter net user NewAdminPrimary {using whatever name you chose in place of NewAdminPrimary} in any Command prompt or PowerShell window

    then I agree that my proposed solution has failed. I have not had a report of a failure before and I cannot explain why this should have been the case.

    I know that Repair install procedures do not fix problems with user accounts & I can think of no logical reason why SFC /scannow would make any difference. So I cannot think of any alternative to a clean install.

    Denis
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  3. Posts : 10
    Win 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #13

    Hi Denis,
    from what you say it appears it could be my fault. I'll try it again and see what happens. Hope you had a nice week off.


    Tony
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  4. Posts : 16,712
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #14

    Tony,

    What is your "fault"?
    - Do the new Admin accounts exist?
    - Are the new Admin accounts have their Administrators Local group membership?

    Perhaps there is a syntax error in one of the commands you used?

    "week off"??? - Revisiting old haunts uses up a lot of energy. I came back intending to sleep for a week but will keep watching this thread to see if I can help.


    Denis
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  5. Posts : 10
    Win 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #15

    Hi, finally managed to get a new Admin Account showing on the main screen but can't access it because I don't have a password.
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  6. Posts : 16,712
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #16

    Tony,

    When you ran the command
    net user /add NewAdminPrimary 12345
    that 12345 is the password you have set for it.

    If you had only entered
    net user /add NewAdminPrimary
    instead of the full command then that would have created a blank password so you'd just be able to select the account and log in without entering anything in the password box.

    Denis
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  7. Posts : 10
    Win 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #17

    Hi Denis,
    finally got the new admin account working. Same problem the UAC box only lets me enter "NO".
    Thx
    Tony
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  8. Posts : 16,712
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #18

    Tony,

    If the response to the command net user UserName [for the UserName of the new Admin account] contains
    the Local group memberships entry Administrators, and
    the Account active entry Yes,
    Lost Admin User status on Win 10 Home-net-user-username.png

    and you can log in to the Admin account correctly [i.e. without getting an error, "The User Profile Service failed the logon."]

    but you are still not getting a Yes button in Admin challenges ["ElevationUI", "ConsentUI"]
    Lost Admin User status on Win 10 Home-admin-consentui-yes-greyed-out.png


    then that Admin user account must be faulty. If the same thing happens when you create another new Admin account then I cannot think of any solution other than reinstalling Windows 10.

    Mystifying.

    Best of luck,
    Denis
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  9. Posts : 10
    Win 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #19

    No problem, thanks for all your help.
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  10. Posts : 10
    Win 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #20

    Just to let you know I reinstalled Windows and after a few hiccups seems okay. Only bad point is I lost Picassa. Thx for your help.

    Tony
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