Cannot switch from Administrator to standard user

See the tutorials below:

Change Account Type in Windows 10

Enable or Disable Elevated Administrator account in Windows 10

Hello @Jim8080,

Jim8080 said:

I needed to temporarily use Administrator, and now cannot return to my normal user account

If I shut down and restart, I come up in administrator

The Start menu only lists administrator.

That is very strange as it should show BOTH your ORIGINAL UserName and Administrator.

To Remove the Administrator . . .

[1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
[2] Type the command below into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

Code:

 net user Administrator /active:no

I hope this helps.

Jim8080 said:

I needed to temporarily use Administrator, and now cannot return to my normal user account

If I shut down and restart, I come up in administrator...

On start up Windows attempts to sign you in as the last account that was signed in when it shut down. If that was Administrator as it has no password then it will go straight in without asking for a password.

If you sign out from Administrator you should see the list of all available user accounts. Choose your old one, sign in, and next time you start up that will be the account that Windows will try to sign in to.

Hello @Jim8080,

Jim8080 said:

I signed into CMD as administrator. but it didn't work.

The example had C:\WINDOWS\system>32... but was unable to include it.

It should look like this BEFORE you press Enter . . .



The C:\Windows\system32> is the Elevated CMD Prompt, you just need to type what I have posted [ net user Administrator /active:no ] into it and press Enter.

Once the Administrator has been REMOVED, it should automatically sign-in to your ORIGINAL UserName account.

I hope this helps.

Hello @Jim8080,

OK, let us try this.

Click Windows [ bottom left ] > click Administrator > Sign-Out. Like this [ obviously this is MINE but you get the idea ] . . .



I hope this helps.