Windows 10: Why disabled local administrator account on windows trying to authenticate against the...

I am seeing login failures with disabled "Administrator" account trying to authenticate against the domain controller. I am trying to investigate the source of these login failures. Could any of you please help me in what is causing these login failures. Following is the event details:EventCode: 4625SubjectUserSid: "S-1-0-0"SubjectUserName: "-"SubjectLogonId:"0x0"TargetUserSid:"S-1-0-0"TargetUserName: "Administrator"TargetDomainName:"Device Name""Status": "username or password incorrect""FailureReason": "%%2313""SubStatus":"username does not exist""LogonType": "Network""LogonProcessName":"NtLm

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Linking Microsoft Account to my Local Account Caused me to Lose Administrator Access

Hi,



Welcome and thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I suggest you to refer to the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: Try to login to your temporary user account, enable built in administrator account and try to change the account settings.

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  Press Windows + X key together on your desktop screen.
  
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  Click on Command Prompt (admin) to open
  Command Prompt.
  
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  Type the following command and hit Enter:
  

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  net user administrator /active: yes
  (Check for the spaces)
  

4. Now log off from the current user and try to login to the administrator account that is enabled.

Note: Please follow the same steps and type net user administrator /active: no to disable admin account after the troubleshooting is done.



Step 2: Follow the below steps,

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  Type User Accounts in the Search box from the desktop and select
  Change the User Accounts.
  
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  Here you will be able to see all the user accounts on your computer.
  
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  Select the User account and see if it is a Standard user account or Administrator.
  
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  If it is standard user then, change it to Administrator.
  
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  Now, log out from the Built-in Administrator account and try to log-in with your Administrator account.
  

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of this issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

Local Administrator account locked by family time restrictions

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the difficulties you are facing with the built-in Administrator account and
we appreciate your effort in troubleshooting the issue and providing us the detailed information.



In this scenario we would suggest you to disable and the enable the
built-in Administrator account using the command prompt from a different administrator user account and check if the issue persist.



Steps to disable and enable the built-in Administrator account.

1. Click on Windows Search/Cortana and type
   CMD, right click on command prompt and select run as admin.
   
2. Type Net user administrator /active:no
   and hit enter key to disable the built-in Administrator account
   
3. Restart the PC and login to the
   Administrator account and perform step 1.
   
4. Type Net user administrator /active:yes
   and hit enter key to enable the built-in Administrator account

We await your response.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Local account to administrator

Just to be straight with terminology.

You can set up your device with a local account or Microsoft account.

Within each of these options you can then either be an Administrator or a Standard user.

If you go Start, Settings, Account and click on Your Info is it listing you as a local account and just below that are you Standard or Administrator.