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Deleted my admin account and now I can't log in my laptop at all.
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I'm Ugo, a Microsoft Independent Advisor willing to help other Microsoft customers.
Regarding your question, the below article should provice help:
https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-lost-administrati...
Please let me know if this helped somehow.
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Check out this link -
https://operating-systems.wonderhowto.com/how-t...
It has instructions on how to add a user account via cmd prompt. I think that’s your best bet!
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Hold down the shift key on your keyboard while clicking the Power button on the screen.
Continue to hold down the shift key while clicking Restart.
Continue to hold down the shift key until the Advanced Recovery Options menu appears.
Click Troubleshoot
Click Advanced options
Click Command Prompt
At the command prompt, type:
net user administrator /active:yes
Hit Enter
Close command prompt, restart, then try signing into the Administrator account.
Try signing in again.
Try creating a new account after signing in:
If that does not work:
Go to a working computer, download, create a bootable copy, then perform a custm install install.
Download Windows 8.1 Disc Image (ISO File) - Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-downlo...
create bootable copy:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wik...
If there are files on the drive you want to recover, see - How to: Perform a Custom install of Windows 8.1
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki...
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