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Boe Dillard
Oct 24, 2022Iron Contributor
Forgot to give admin rights to an account in Win 11
Hello,
Typically I create install or admin local accounts for a local windows PC so the user doesn't accidentally install a virus with admin rights. I rebooted before I assigned admin rights to the install account and the default user doesn't have admin rights. This usually a big deal as I'd just hack the windows set up - however this is a dell PC and if you boot off a thumb drive it doesn't give you access to the default formatted raid drive.
I tried to follow this - however with Windows 11, you don't get startup settings under troubleshooting - you do get startup repair which won't help. If I try to run msconfig in windows - that requires admin rights.
I could just reformat but I'm curious if there is another solution to the problem.
- I figured it out.
Go to the bios - set the drive to ahci
boot off the thumb drive
run disk part
select the volume
assign it a letter
Do the standard windows hack from that drive letter
remove the drive letter
boot - switch the bios back to raid - they really should stop making that the default IMHO
use the new account
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Thank you for this topic also I would like to know how to solve it?
- Boe DillardIron ContributorI figured it out.
Go to the bios - set the drive to ahci
boot off the thumb drive
run disk part
select the volume
assign it a letter
Do the standard windows hack from that drive letter
remove the drive letter
boot - switch the bios back to raid - they really should stop making that the default IMHO
use the new account