Unable to remove an admin account

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• UNABLE TO REMOVE WINDOWS HOTMAIL ACCOUNT

  UNABLE TO REMOVE WINDOWS HOTMAIL ACCOUNT... I'm trying to remove my account Hotmail/windows live ({removed email address}). When I go to http://mail.live.com/mail/CloseAccountConfirmation.aspx and him say to close my account, he said "to close your Windows Live Hotmail account, you must first cancel your billing department. Go to the Microsoft Account and Billing Services to the https://billing.microsoft.com

  then I followed the instruction, but the computer shows that I don't have any billing service!
  You can close my account now? E-mail address is removed from the privacy *.
  Thank you

  Hi ggtt.

  You can find this document useful. If you need more support, please post your question in the Forum of Windows Live.

• How to remove an admin account and create a new user profile

  Hi, I have been using my 2 in 1 PC since July last year and I'd like you guys to show me the steps on How to remove an admin account and create a new user account.

  Hello Nicolas,.

  Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

  I would like to know some information about the problem so that we can help you better.

  1. you try to delete a local administrator account?
  2. are you able to connect using the Microsoft account?

  Thank you for your query details.

  I also like the fact you want to know how to remove an administrator account and create

  a new user account.

  If you are able to connect on the Microsoft account, I suggest you try the following steps to remove an administrator account.

  a. press Windows + X keys and click on computer management.
  b. click on "local users and groups" and then click on "users".
  c. right-click on the account which you want to remove, and then click 'Remove'.
  d. click 'Yes', if the prompt message.

  To create a new user account, please see this article:
  Create a user account
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=Windows-8

  See also:
  User accounts: FAQ
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/user-accounts-FAQ#1TC=Windows-8

  I hope this information helps.

  Please let us know if you need more help.

  Thank you

• Remove the admin account el capitan

  I want to delete a temporary admin account I created to solve a security issue on my main admin account. In short, I want to delete one of the two accounts of user admin my operating system is the latest version of El Capitan.

  Unlock the security for the users and groups pane, select the temporary account and click on the sign less at the bottom of the window to remove it.

• Remove the admin account, just standard account available

  Some time before, I created an administrator account and a standard account and gave both a password, then, I deleted the admin account, completely forgetting to turn the other standard account to an admin.

  Now, whenever I try to do something that is beyond the power of a standard account to, Window Vista with ask me to type a password to admin, but there is no place to type the password. The box to type in is not there!

  When I tried to turn my standard account in an admin, to create a new account, or nothing to do with an account, Vista will ask me a password that I can't provide and have no where to give to command prompt to activate the hidden admin does not work too.

  If anyone can please help me turn my standard account now to an admin! Urgent!

  Yay! It is resolved! Thank you very much! So that before I posted this, I tried to find the safe mode option, myself and the possibility to press F8 just wasn't there! Then I got stuck there... Thank you very much!

• I can't perform a restore of the system after the removal of the admin account?

  Original title: admin deleted, now impossible to restore

  I bought my laptop from my work for personal use and remove the admin users. When you try to download anything it gives me an error now, "the requested operation requires an elevation" when I put my user name and password. How can I solve this problem? Can't even do a restore without credentials. When I looked at the accounts, mine is the only one listed. Is there another way I can find out what is the admin account? My work told me a few options for the password, but was not really sure because they put in place so long ago.

  Remove the admin account amounted to throw away the key of your safe. A better idea would have been to create and test an alternative admin account. Here's how you can recover from this disaster:

  1. Set your BIOS so that it uses the DVD drive as its primary boot device.
  2. Start the computer with your Windows 7 repair CD.
  3. Press a key when prompted to boot from the DVD.
  4. Select 'PC Repair' in the menu.
  5. Select 'Repair' when prompted.
  6. When you are prompted, select System Restore.
  7. Configure Windows to a point before you deleted the admin account.
  8. Plan ahead a little and create, test and document an alternative admin account, same as you have a spare emergency House key. This will save you a lot of trouble.

• How to remove a user account from microsoft since the local account main administrator?

  Basically started nitialy I entered my email incorrectly. Then I created a new profile with the correct e-mail and he agreed to become a microsoft account. Then I deleted the old start microsoft account via the browser, as it was useless, because I could not verify that the email was incorrect, and I could not change this without checking the account... Bit of an odd he implemented.

  anyway. Now my main Administrator profile is not a profile of microsoft and electronic mail microsoft profile has no administrative privileges. I also want that one account as theres not point have two if they are identical. I tried to go to the users and manage the account but can't see anywhere. Please help me through this mess

  Hello

  I understand that you are unable to remove a user account that is not listed in the control panel under users, manage account.

  Follow these methods and check if that helps.

  Method 1:
  Please refer to these steps on how to remove a PC user account.

  To remove an account from your PC

  You must be logged in as an administrator to perform these steps.

  a. drag from the right edge of the screen, tap settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
  Press or click accounts, and then press or click on other accounts.

  b. press or click the account that you want to remove, and then press or click delete.

  c. press or click delete the account and data. (Please back up all important data before you delete the user account).

  d. it may take a few minutes, if the account has a lot of associated data.

  Method 2:
  If you are not able to find the user account, and then follow these steps.
  a. press Windows + R and type netplwiz, and then press ENTER.

  b. in user accounts, select the user tab.

  c. now, click the account you want to remove and click Remove.

  Check if it helps. If the problem persists, we would be happy to help you.

• Removal/change of name of admin account

  Have a computer at work that a former personal user account always on, this account is set to administrator. I have the password, but I'm having difficulties to remove this account, or try to rename it. All ideas welcome

  Have a computer at work that a former personal user account always on, this account is set to administrator. I have the password, but I'm having difficulties to remove this account, or try to rename it. All ideas welcome

  > I have the password

  Which password? The former employee's password?

  IF so, log on to the administrator of the ex-individual account, create another account with the different password admin.
  To connect to this new admin account, it allows to remove the former employee admin account. For the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

• have 2 admin accounts and it is impossible to get the option to remove one of them

  I created for the administrator accounts and cannot get the option to remove one of them. I want to delete that won't give me the option to delete all it will let me do is change the password, it says it will allow me to change the picture, but when I try blank on the login screen is displayed. I can't change it even for standard user if I am logged in under the account of other admin. what I want to do is get rid of all my accounts and re-created them correctly like the one that I can't delete will sometimes pop up for password when I want to install something when I am connected with the other account.

  Is it possible to reset all our and start from scratch? I think it happened when I made some changed account policy local when I couldn't get a regular with my admin account setup program and now I don't know how to cancel it.

  I do not have to reinstall windows just to get this problem resolved... There must be an easier way.

  Thanks in advance

  Brenda

  For the guest account - I have a little poorly stated.  You * can * remove, but it is not recommended to perform this (possible to unintended consequences.)  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-desktop/deleting-guest-account/5a116d33-0056-47CA-B51A-b6615b90e160

  Administrator account - as far as I know you just cannot delete the built-in one.  Whichever one you can NOT remove - who is integrated. * smile *.

  Rename you accounts?  If not - it is one called "administrator."  Alternatively, you can use a registry setting to understand - but really the name should give it (if you have not renamed - and even if he did you rename... You renamed, you must know what you renamed to) the description of the account should be, "the computer or to the domain administrative account '...

  At the end of the day - you must remove only the accounts you know * you * created.  Ignore the rest.  Windows is/has been / will probably always be a multi-user even system when it is used by a single user.  He has accounts that are doing things in the background at almost any time.  Better than to let them be - unless you like instability.

  Whenever you install something (attempt to) as a normal user, it should appear and ask you an administrative level account - but you can select 'other' and put in ANY account of administrative level on this machine, you know the credentials. ;-)

• How to remove an additional admin account and keep the one I want

  Recently bought a new iMac, I used the wizard to merge. She added a new my old mac admin account. Now I have two admin accounts.

  I want to use the old Mac that has been transferred through and get rid of the other.

  I'm going to SysPrefs/users / groups, unlock, but the-(minus) is grey and the other admin is grey too.

  What to do what to do.

  You can't delete an account once logged in it. You must log on to the account that you want to keep. Then go to users and groups, open the pane, select the account to be deleted and click the sign less.

• Remove the administrator account and the guest account is the admin

  I deleted the first user on my laptop and I had other accounts, but I deleted the admin so the guest user says it is the admin and I trust is not there is not a. I can't make a new account, I can't change the account setting same not the name of the account so someone help me please.

  Windows 7 Edition home premium

  Compaq laptop
   
   

  Restart the computer using safe mode, and then log in as administrator. The password is by default set to an empty space. You can now recreate your admin account.

  When you have finished, try to plan ahead a little. Have a computer with a single administrator account, it's something that compulsive risk takers indulge in. The rest of us sure we at any time two fully tested and documented admin accounts.

• Admin account went

  Hello

  I have an iMac 27 inches and for the last week has had problems with everything works really slow. I bought the clean my Mac 3 software and it at the start of the performance. A few days later my computer on from without my help.

  When I turned on the computer back, I don't the option connect to my Admin account, although I could still see my background image was still there. The only option was to connect as a guest.

  I looked on the forums for help and her I made this following without result.

  Entered my Admin user name with password and it did not work. I then reinstalled Safari and nothing has changed. I looked again on the forums and tried to launch the Terminal and typed in 1 s/users and the response has been - command not found.

  All my programs are always present, but I still have no option to log in as administrator. I was going to update to OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 Sierra, but without an Admin Im unable to do.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  See you soon

  I bought the clean my Mac 3 software...

  'Cleaning' apps are scams. Extract of effective defenses against software malware and other threats:

  • Never install a product that claims to 'clean up', 'speed', 'optimize', 'boost' or 'speed up' your Mac; to "wash", "tune" or to make it "brilliant". These allegations are absurd.
    • These products are marketed very aggressively. They are all scams.
    • They usually operate on the erroneous premise that Mac builds 'junk' that must be systematically 'cleaned' for optimum performance.
    • Trial versions of these programs are successful because they provide more instant gratification of free space on the disk.
    • This increased space is the result of irreversible destruction of files, programs or operating system components normally protected against accidental tampering or removal. The eventual result will be the reliable operation, poor performance and random crashes that may not become evident for months, or even years after their use, when updates of programs or OS X are finally released.
    • Memory "cleaners" that bypass the work of OS x memory management algorithms by purging the memory contents inactive for mass storage, which can only result in performance degradation and accelerated the hardware failure.

  To remove 3 CleanMyMac itself, use its Uninstall module, followed the following additional steps:

  • Delete the file ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist

    • To access this file, copy and Paste the following line in the menu to go to Finder > go to folder...

  ~/Library/LaunchAgents/

  • Locate the following file and drag it to the Trash:

  com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist

  • Then, open  (menu Apple) > System Preferences > users and groups > login items.
  • Select the item of Menu of CleanMyMac3
  • Click on the [-] (button less).
  • Restart your Mac.

  Beware that reinstall OS X has no effect on deletion CleanMyMac or reverse the damage, it is able to inflict on a system. To recover from the effects of using it to change the OS X / Sierra, you need additional software and essential files you need, follow the applicable recovery procedure below:

  • If you have a backup that you created before using CleanMyMac, now is the time to use it. For Time Machine, start macOS Recoveryand in the form of Mac OS X utilities , select restore from a Time Machine backup. Choose a date prior to the installation of CleanMyMac.
  • If you don't have a backup previous use of CleanMyMac, create one now. To do this read to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac.
    • The recovery procedure require that you erase the Mac using OS X Recovery, and then create a new user account whose content will be empty. You can then use Setup Assistant to migrate your essential documents, including photos, music, products of work and other essential files.
    • To erase and install OS X read How to reinstall Mac OS on your Mac.
      • Follow step 2 to completely erase the internal memory of the CMA: delete a volume using disk utility.
      • Then follow the procedure to move your content to a new Mac.
      • When asked how you want to transfer your data, select transfer from a Mac, Time Machine backup or boot disk.
      • Under Select the information to transfer, select only your old user account and do not select 'Applications', 'Computer and Network Settings' or 'other files and folders. Deselect these choices.
    • After using Setup Assistant, you will need to reinstall the essential software that you might need, once more without forgetting to install the software from their original sources and by omitting all non-essential software.
    • "Non-essential software" is a broad category that includes, but is not limited to the products 'antivirus' third party 'cleaning' and 'maintenance '.

• Parental control on the Admin account problems

  A few months ago, I created a new account on my computer for work only.  I set the parental controls on the new account and only the work account.  I got by without my computer for work then off the parental control.  Now, I'm unable to download games without him asking for a password.  I don't know what password I had used since I don't end up need it and none I've tried have worked.  So, how can I, as an administrator, disable this feature?  I have consulted the parental control and done everything I have seen/read that was recommended, but it won't allow me to change the settings on my own admin account without establishing a second admin account.  So, how can I remove this feature from the admin, only the admin?  It does not accept any next to the admin account, and even then it won't take my password.

  I work at it for a few weeks now and tried everything I can think of.  Today I spent most of the day trying to get this thing to work.

  More details on what is happening-
  -I'm going to download a game on the net while connected to my admin account
  -Everything works until the final stage when he usually asks for a general permission to my antivirus
  -A pop up appears which reads: you do not have the necessary permissions to use all the features of the program you are about to run.  You can run this program as a different user or continue to run the program as long as the current user.
  -Click on the current user and it closes, download fault.
  -Enter a password for the administrator and it says I have a user name or password invalid.
  -Enter my username and password and it closes, download fault.

  Can someone please help with this?

  Hello KS. GAL.86,

  Is the problem with the account of the work that you had created that has activated the Parental control? You can only configure Parental controls on a standard account and not an administrator account.

  If so, then create a new account that has not activated the parental control.

  Is the issue that you are experiencing that you can not download programs as an administrator?
  What is the exact error you get when you download a program?

  It cannot have anything to do with Parental control.

  Please answer back with more details and information.

  Thank you

• Admin account happened after installing the netgear Equium pc wireless card

  I bought a netgear pc wireless card that I was assured was compatible with XP. After installation, I got to start where the Welcome screen had gone and I have a black screen with a newspaper box in details request.

  As an administrator, I connected only to be told that I have no right of administration. I can only connect my using my account limited son. There is no account of the administration at all, I can not access my files or access the administration account not yet a guest account.

  Only a limited account is shown.

  Desperateto back in the system to remove the software, but this without icannot rights. admin tried pressing f8 safe mode, but it doesn't not work can not enter in save mode... on f12/f2 are leaving upwards. Tried to hide the password help... will not accept any of my contact information to
  all the

  Any help... Please

  Hello

  seems really strange, especially after the installation of a pc wireless card software. I can give you a suggestion:

  EVERYTHING YOU DATA BACK UP AND REINSTALL YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM.

  I think that it is the only way, because when you describe you already tried almost every thing, then a recovery is inevitable. Copy/backup your data and put the new OS on the HARD drive.

  After that, make separate accounts (for example 3 accounts) and install the card netgear with the admin account. It should work.
  Would appreciate some comments.

  Welcome them

• Place the Parental control over the Admin account

  I use a Macbook Pro with El Capitan 11.1 2012

  Today, I put Parental controls on my admin account, which resulted in the managed account. I can now use my normal administrator username / combo of password to remove it. I tried everything I found on the Internet, including into single user mode and create a new account to change to leave, but the code didn't work in my case.

  I was wondering if there is any easy solution or new thoughts there for this OS...

  Also why it not easier? Or at least a warning? Looks like Apple could have come up with something after that it was produced for the years.

  Please take these steps to restore the privileges on your account. This somewhat tedious procedure is only necessary if you have verified that no work administrator account exists on the system.

  If you do not already have a current backup of all your data, you must back up before taking any of the steps below. Ask if you need advice. You won't need the backup unless something goes wrong, which is always possible.

  Step 1

  Start in recovery mode. The OS X Utilities appears.

  Step 2

  This step only if you use FileVault 2. Start utility disk, then select the icon for the volume FileVault startup ("Macintosh HD", unless you have given it a different name.) It will be nested under another icon of the disc. Click the Open button in the toolbar and enter your login password when you are prompted. Then quit disk utility must be returned to the main screen.

  Step 3

  Select

  Utilities ▹ Terminal

  in the menu bar. In the window that opens, type this:

  resetp

  Press the tab key. The partial order you entered will automatically end this:

  resetpassword

  Press return. Opens a window to reset the password. Select your boot if not already done volume. Pull down the menu option

  Select the user account

  and select

  Administrator (root)

  Follow the prompts to set a password. It is safer to choose a password that includes only the characters a - z, A - Z and 0-9. I suggest that you write the password. If you don't write it down and forget about it, you will start again at step 1.

  Select

   ▹ Reboot...

  in the menu bar.

  Step 4

  This step, as step 2, applies only if you use FileVault. Sign up as usual, then select

   ▹ Disconnect...

  from the menu bar or press shift-command-Q key combination. Do not restart. You go back to the login screen.

  Step 5

  On the login screen, click on the other... Enter 'root' (without the quotes) in the name field and the password set in step 3 in the password field. You should now be logged in as root. It is a potentially dangerous situation. Do nothing by being logged in as root except as indicated below. You'll be fine as long as you don't dismiss the plan.

  Open the preferences users and groups window. Select your usual administrator account from the list of users and check the box marked

  Allow the user to administer this computer

  You will be prompted to restart. Do this and log in as yourself, not as root. Your administrator status should now be restored.

  Step 6 (optional, but recommended)

  Follow the instructions in this article to support under the title "disable the root user. You must authenticate in directory utility as a 'root' with the password set in step 3. As another administrator authentication will not work.

  Credit for this idea of NCP member wessongroup.