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How to restore the built-in administrator from Microsoft account to local account?
Hi all,
I just updated to Windows 11 Pro a HP ZBook Fury 15 G7 laptop I just redeemed from my company and delivered with a "clean" installation of Windows 10 Pro with the sole account of built-in administrator.
While peeking around in the new Windows 11, I did a great stupid thing: I absent-mindedly changed the built-in administrator account I was using from local account to my Microsoft account.
The problem popped up immediately after, when I tried creating a normal User account with my Microsoft account, as it's safe to do for daily use: the system prevented me from doing so because there was already an account connected to my Microsoft account!
My request is very simple: is there a way to restore back the built-in administrator account to local account, so that I can proceed to create a new User account linked to my Microsoft account?
There's a Hidden Administrator in Windows that usually is never unhidden except when having major issues and does not have a password.
After setting up a Microsoft Account with Admin rights I like to add a New User as a Local Account with Admin rights, name at least one character different and not an E-Mail name. Then I Sign out [right-click of the Start button] then reboot to get both Users on the screen and pick which I want to use. It's also possible to be logged in as Local and remove any other visible account. Sign out, or log off, is different from Reboot which only brings same user back.
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There's a Hidden Administrator in Windows that usually is never unhidden except when having major issues and does not have a password.
After setting up a Microsoft Account with Admin rights I like to add a New User as a Local Account with Admin rights, name at least one character different and not an E-Mail name. Then I Sign out [right-click of the Start button] then reboot to get both Users on the screen and pick which I want to use. It's also possible to be logged in as Local and remove any other visible account. Sign out, or log off, is different from Reboot which only brings same user back.