Solved problems because or not because of free win 8.1 upgrade

I've got a couple of problems one of which was a problem before the free upgrade to Win 8.1.

First problem: When I try to get an energy report by using the admin. command prompt I get a message saying:
"An unexpected error condition has occurred. Unable to perform operation. You may not have permission to perform this operation".

Second problem was a problem before the upgrade. I can't seem to get the password free log-on to work. Before the upgrade I was logging on (at restarts) without a password, but when I tried to switch back to logging in with a password it did not work. Now with the Win 8.1 upgrade, I am logging in with a password, but when I tried to switch to not logging in with a password, it just gives a different password log in screen at restart. It says something to the effect of "incorrect password" before any attempt has been made to put in a password. It also shows two possible accounts mine and, I presume, a guest/new user account to choose from. My account is chosen by "default", and I just have to sign in. I initiated these changes through the "netplwiz" run command box.

I have other settings like Sleep set at 20 min. and Hibernate at 10 min. and the Hybrid sleep is also turned on. The turn off display after 3 min. seems to work. I also have the "Require a password at wake-up" turned off. The power plan is set at "High Performance".

Hi, check out the settings in user accounts and try and see if you can change the password on wake settings there. Failing that, I am sure the guys at the windows help desk would be able to help you out!