Accidentally changed the admin account to a local account

mhyke enriquez

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Hi I have accidentally changed the admin account to a local user and now cannot make any changes to my laptop. I am using an ASUS brand and when I click on manage user accounts it pops up with a screen "connect smart card". Kindly help, thanks in advance.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
Can you login with the built in Admin account ? if you can then login as Administrator and change your user back to admin.
If you can't then use this procedure to change it back to Admin account:
http://www.eightforums.com/user-acc...nt-win-8-1-update-how-restore.html#post389686

Hi unfortunately I don't have a windows 8 install disk because it is pre-installed. I have contacted Microsoft but they said its an OEM issue and the only thing is to go back to where I bought it because its a pre-installed OS
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
You can download this: Macrium WinPE .iso - OneDrive to boot up your PC. As long as you can get it to boot with Windows PE to use the Command Prompt.

After downloaded, use Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way to create a USB then boot from it, ignore the back up screen but look on the bottom left corner, there's an icon for the Command Prompt, use it and follow the steps from other post.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
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