Windows 10: I lost my admin status on my account because of hamachi and I can't get it back

I downloaded Hamachi to play with my friends, not a single one of them had any issue because of it so I thought that it was safe, but apparently it wasn't since now I've lost everything that originally was on my desktop and I've also lost all my administrator permissions.I really don't know what to do since I don't have a save for my data on my pc, I can't get back to how it was two hours ago.I can't even take a screenshot my pc refuses to let me download anything anywhere, since I don't have the permissions anymore, but it basically does this everytime that I launch something.Even though my p

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Remove account

I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:

 

Lost Admin User status on Win 10 Home

Tony,

If the response to the command net user UserName [for the UserName of the new Admin account] contains
the Local group memberships entry Administrators, and
the Account active entry Yes,




and you can log in to the Admin account correctly [i.e. without getting an error, "The User Profile Service failed the logon."]

but you are still not getting a Yes button in Admin challenges ["ElevationUI", "ConsentUI"]





then that Admin user account must be faulty. If the same thing happens when you create another new Admin account then I cannot think of any solution other than reinstalling Windows 10.

Mystifying.

Best of luck,
Denis

 

About the initial status of 'Admin' user accounts

I would like to add one comment that I believe will be useful.

About "I thought the fact that "Administrators" were listed in the permissions meant that all Admins had access, but apparently not."

When you log on using an account that has "Admin" status, you are logging on using only its underlying "Standard" authority.
- In other words, Windows treats Admin users as Standard users until it is told otherwise.
- That's how Windows works.
- You have to deliberately invoke your Admin status to achieve anything that needs it and that Admin status lasts only for the job that you have invoked it for.
- That's why you will see that Admin challenge when doing certain jobs -




In case this is confusing, I can put it another way.
- When you log in using your Admin account, you are only a potential Admin.
- You are not an Admin until you deliberately invoke your Admin status and that Admin status lasts only for the job that you have invoked it for.

All this is why following Bree's advice about giving a named account access to that folder was the correct thing to do for your 'potential Admin' account to be able to write to that folder.
- Before this change, your Administrators only had access after they had invoked their status.

If I have merely confused you further then please say so.

Denis