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I was trying to avoid having to log on to anything when I start my computer and just go straight to the main screen. By mistake i changed the administrator to a limited account and now I can't change it. I tried to add a new user but it won't let me access anything. How can I change the administrator from limited back to computer administrator.
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There must be another administrator account on the machine that you would need to use. A limited user can not grant himself admin rights.

Usually, the PC must have at least 1 admin account... I don't think windows would let you demote all accounts to limited user, so there must be another account on there...

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Hello,

Try booting into windows in safe mode, there maybe a administrator account; this doesn't usually have a password.

Then you can assign administrative rights back to the your user account.

- Let us know how it goes.

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Safe mode. There WILL be an ADMINISTRATOR account there - you cannot delete that one.

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