Tuesday, September 2, 2014

How to fix : Lost Admins rights on Windows 8 / 8.1

 

Definitely you should be noticed that you lost admin right for some times If you are the windows 8 / 8.1 user .

so far I knew a method that helped me to fix this issue hence sharing with you.

Step 1.  Windows Key + Q   type User Accounts

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Step 2.  Then select your User Account > Click Manage another account

Step 3. In the following window, click Add a user account option

Step 4. Now create a local account user. by clicking Add an account, click Sign in without a Microsoft account (Not      recommended), then click Local account.

(Fill the details on the screen so appeared for adding local account).

Click Finish when done)

Step 5. Open “cmd” and type “shutdown /r /o”  to reboot into SafeMode

Step 6. Open User Accounts (Ref : Step 1) you should see there are 2 accounts including New Account and Old Account with issues.

Step 7. Choose the New Account which you recently created and change to Administrator  by choosing “Change Account type” on the bottom.

Step 8.Once you done the Step 7 delete the Old Account which is laying with issues.

Reboot and Enjoy!

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