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I appear to no longer be an administrator. When I try to change anything I get the message "...is managed by your system administrator".

Can anyone help me get my status back?

(I'm using win10).

Run5k
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    This message is based on policies, not being an administrator. If your computer is not part of a domain, your profile is corrupted. – LPChip Feb 27 '17 at 16:25
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    @LPChip, while that is good advice, I configure Local Group Policies on my Windows 10 Pro machines utilizing `gpedit.msc`. As a result, an end-user would see the same message without their profile being corrupted. The same principle would apply if the equivalent registry entries were updated. – Run5k Feb 27 '17 at 17:04
  • Mikeh, what is your goal? What are you *not* able to do? There are a few good questions that you can reference with similar scenarios like [this one](http://superuser.com/q/1160213/650163) and [this one](http://superuser.com/q/947755/650163). – Run5k Feb 27 '17 at 17:22
  • @Run5k Yes I am aware. But if Mikeh was managing his policies, wouldn't he be able to understand that this message comes from his own tweaking? For that reason, I ruled out that its something he did himself. But true, it is possible to manage local group policies and get the same effect. I guess malware could also do this. – LPChip Feb 27 '17 at 17:43
  • Thanks to LPChip and Run5k. I have lost my desktop gadgets, and when I try to recover them I get the stated message (DT Gadgets are managed by your system administrator). I have tried to enter gpedit.msc, but get the message "Windows cannot find gpedit.msc. – mikeh Feb 28 '17 at 12:36
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    If you can't find `gpedit.msc` on your system, I assume you are utilizing Windows 10 Home (versus Pro). As a result, the Local Group Policy interface isn't available. That being said, what do you mean when you say you *"lost (your) desktop gadgets?"* Were you using third-party software, or are you referring to the live tiles? Microsoft actually retired the use of desktop gadgets long before Windows 10 was released: [Where can I enable the Desktop Gadgets in Window 10?](https://superuser.com/questions/948067/where-can-i-enable-the-desktop-gadgets-in-window-10) – Run5k Feb 28 '17 at 17:42
  • If this *is* a case of your Windows 10 [Live Tiles](https://www.howtogeek.com/223254/how-to-add-remove-and-customize-tiles-on-the-windows-10-start-menu/) being locked-down, you should be able to resolve it based upon my answer within this question: [Windows 10 Some Settings are managed by your administrator gpedit.msc does not work](http://superuser.com/a/1160249/650163) – Run5k Feb 28 '17 at 19:01
  • Possible duplicate of [Windows 10 “Some settings are managed by your organization” (gpedit.msc does not work)](https://superuser.com/questions/1160213/windows-10-some-settings-are-managed-by-your-organization-gpedit-msc-does-not) – JonathanDavidArndt Apr 10 '18 at 01:00

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