lost admin access on my acer aspire 5 how can i reset pc or reinstall windows 11

jilan
jilan Member Posts: 1 New User
edited May 2023 in Nitro Gaming

I have lost admin access my acer aspire 5.

how can i reset pc or reinstall windows 11 my acer aspire 5.

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Answers

  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 12,065 Trailblazer
    edited May 2023

    What Aspire 5 model laptop do you have? As for a lost admistrative rights you don't need to reinstall Win-11 or reset it. Have a look at this guide "Lost Administrator Rights in Windows 10/11? Recover the Account via Windows RE" as you don't need to reinstall windows.

    If you want to reset Win-11 then go to Settings > Recovery > Reset this PC > Reset PC > then you have these two choices:

    To reinstall Win-11 have a look at the many guides on the web for a Win-11 Clean Install, as that is the proper installation to do, and to also completely format the boot drive with the Win-11 installation, but and with the Aspire 5 new laptops you also need to have the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) Driver on the Win-11 installation USB, so that you can delete the boot drive and then install this driver and then format the boot drive for a complete and Clean Installation of Win-11 which is the proper way to install Win-11.

  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 13,191 Trailblazer

    Try this:

    Open the Command prompt as administrator in Windows11 and paste this:

    net user Administrator /active:yes

    If the command fails, open Windows11 new PowerShell as administrator and paste this:

    Enable-LocalUser -Name "Administrator"

    Return and check if you can access your app.

    Restoring the registry to an earlier point (before this issue, or last update): Type Create a restore point in the Search bar and click on the option System restore at the top of that Window, followed by a date.