Signin not supported when running edge as an administrator

Copper Contributor

Can any one help me with below issues?

 

i migrated from Opera and now when all my favorites & passwords were on edge, i cannot signin.

 

i am using this on my company laptop. I was using my personal outlook ID to signin and based on some issues i had to uninstall / reinstall Edge Beta.

 

Will appreciate prompt help as i am stuck nowhere.

16 Replies

@Faadiz 

Hi,
try enabling this flag and see if it helps

in edge://flags/

 

type in the search: De-elevate browser on launch

 

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Enable it and then restart your Edge.

 

@HotCakeX 

 

it did not work :(

 

any other help, please!

Okay right-click on the Edge insider's icon and go to properties.

then in the compatibility tab, make sure this option is Not checked.

 

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Also could you please mention what type of user account are you using? is it a normal administrator or the built-in Administrator account that is disabled by default in Windows?

 

lastly, why do you need to run Edge as administrator? and do you have any other accounts in your computer that are Non-administrators? (aka Standard user accounts)

@HotCakeX 

 

thanks a bunch! below is what i did.

 

i was able to solve the issue by modifying my role in the user accounts in control panel.

see attached screen shot.

 

but after it synced, i am still facing an issue with broken images (particularly from google services)

can you please help with broken images issue? any guidance?

That's good, although i'm using latest Windows 10, i only have 1 account and it's the administrator, using Microsoft personal account, i don't have this problem.

for images try clearing browser data from here: edge://settings/clearBrowserData

 

nevermind, just saw your other post and looks like you've already tried that.

can you do something? right-click on that broken image icon that is not loading and select "open image in new tab" or select "copy link address", then paste it in a new tab and see if the image loads for you or not, if it doesn't tell me what error message you get.

you could also paste the link here so i can test it too.

@HotCakeX 

Below is the screen shot.

 

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Below is the image link when i right click and open from my gmail

https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/uRle3RvGh6M_C017_EBLGQrtO6LDpf2MT-Mt6BhTXQJxzA2bKEiXUwwpTRH7...

 

And this is the link that opens and *all images are loaded* correctly.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2019-12-06/new-china-scare?utm_source=pocket&utm_mediu...

 

the email from Gmail doesnt load anything.

 

infact, any google service and its image are not loading.

 

All microsoft services are running absolutely fine 🥰

 

 

Thanks, Interesting...
I could open and download the image from the first link and 2nd link loaded fine
China's president pic.

Tracking prevention in Edge is set to balanced? edge://settings/privacy
are you using any VPN or proxy?
do those 2 links load in other browsers like Chrome, Edge classic or Internet explorer?
are you using any VPN or proxy? *NO*

Yes all other browsers are working fine.
so it's Edge then..could you try other channels please?
Hey...hello :)

i just installed Beta version and it has *NO ISSUES* (as of now)

my sync issue is resolved by changing User Account from *Admin --> Standard*

i signin and then go to my IT Admin account (i had his pass ;) ) and changed my status again.

but i still never understood what is causing images to be broken in Dev version and that too on google services only.
Sneaky ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Yeah beta is supposed to be more stable than the other 2 channels but yea that's weird to have problem only with Google services
hehe yeah!
thank you for all your help :) Bless you loads!
is it ok if i can mesg you directly?
Oh anytime!
Sure feel free to do that:)
Thank you...Good night from this part of the world!
Have a good night!