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Administrator account - incomplete activation
Hi,
I tried to activate my Administrator account on a Win 10 HP Envy 700-414.
I did this because I thought it would help me delete some folders/files from a local network external hard drive.
These file were created by a Vista machine that I no longer have. I get access denied when I try to delete them. I can not change the owner or the permissions on properties > security
The attempt to activate the Administrator account went horribly bad.
It was partially created with only the recycle bin on the desktop. I had to do Ctrl Alt Delete to get back to my regular account. I did not capture the error messages - my mistake - and I can't find them in event Viewer. I don't know what log to search.
Activation was by dos cmd :
Net User Administrator/active:yes
Since it was bad I followed with:
Net User Administrator/active:no
The administrator account was not completely deactivated.
Is there a way that I can undo the mess that I made and get the administrator activated correctly?
Thanks
Frank C