dont have admin rights? windows 7

[bryan123]

i was trying to update my computer and also fix a few things that spybot found and it said it cant fix anything because it doesnt have adminstrator rights. theres only one account on this computer and its an admin account and it has a password. by the way im using a netbook. i cant even use microsoft update website to because of this. whats wrong? i didnt change anything in the user account/control panel

btw im using windows 7 starter

 

[pjtrucker]

Hello bryan123,

Try to these steps. I hope it helps.

Here is a quick rundown on how to enable or disable the Windows 7 administrator account.

The easiest way to enable or disable the Windows 7 build in administrator account is from the command line. Open a command prompt with administrator rights. This is done by right-clicking on the command prompt icon in the Windows 7 start menu and selecting Run As Administrator from the available options.

To enable the Windows 7 administrator account:

net user administrator /active:yes

To disable the Windows 7 administrator account:

net user administrator /active:no

To change the password of the Windows 7 administrator account:

Net user administrator password

An alternative would be to enable or disable the Windows 7 administrator account using the Local Security Policy option. You can open the Local Security Policy by launching secpol.msc from the run box.

You find the option under Local Policies-> Security Options. Just change the setting Accounts: Administrator account by double-clicking the entry.

Thanks,

 

[Punk_Theft]

The command prompt option doesn't work if you don't have administrator rights, but if you do have the rights then you don't need that step anyway.

 

[tremmor]

try programs explorer then right click 'run as admin'. see if that works.

On another note there are lots of reasons for having more than one admin account. like if it gets corrupted.