{"id":3007,"date":"2013-08-21T14:59:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=3007"},"modified":"2013-08-21T15:02:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T15:02:02","slug":"how-to-promote-a-standard-user-account-to-administrator-without-logging-in-to-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-promote-a-standard-user-account-to-administrator-without-logging-in-to-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Promote A Standard User Account to Administrator without Logging in to Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I have a Dell laptop running Windows 7 with only one administrator and a standard user account. Today my administrator account won&#8217;t load and I get the message &#8220;The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded&#8221;. Is there any way to promote the existing standard user account to administrator so I can regain access to the files under the corrupted admin account?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Can&#8217;t log in to Windows because your administrator account has become corrupted? As long as you can still login using a standard user account, you can promote your standard user account to administrator and regain administrative privileges on your computer. This is much easier than fixing a corrupted administrator account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Promote A Standard User Account to Administrator without Logging in to Windows?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First of all, we need to create a PCUnlocker Live CD using another computer. Download the ISO image of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">PCUnlocker<\/a> and burn it to a blank CD using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/download\/ISO2DiscSetup.exe\">ISO2Disc<\/a> program. If your computer doesn&#8217;t come with a CD burner, you could also create a PCUnlocker Live USB drive instead.<\/p>\n<p>Boot your target computer from PCUnlocker Live CD (you might have to adjust the BIOS to allow booting from the CD). When the PCUnlocker program launches, it displays a list of local user accounts on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Choose a standard user account and click on &#8220;Reset Password&#8221; button. You&#8217;ll be prompted to confirm your operation as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/promote-windows-account.png\" alt=\"promote-windows-account\" width=\"544\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3008\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click Yes to continue. The program will remove your current password and promote your account to administrator quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Restart the computer and remove the PCUnlocker Live CD. You can then log in to Windows with a blank password. After getting into Windows, you can perform any administrative task as usual become you&#8217;ve successfully promoted the existing standard user account to administrator.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a Dell laptop running Windows 7 with only one administrator and a standard user account. Today my administrator account won&#8217;t load and I get the message &#8220;The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded&#8221;. 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