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Main Forum => General Computer Support => Topic started by: pizzaboy192 on April 30, 2013, 08:25:46 am
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Good morning!
I have run into the strangest of issues:
I no longer am able to run admin commands on my Windows 8 Pro desktop, Windows Defender won't let me do anything, and a large number of services are running, but missing their description.
I've attached some screenshots with these errors.
I have no idea where to begin here. I tried the AIO tool, but it didn't do anything. I've tried doing a restore of the most recent backup, but these issues persisted, leading me to believe that they have been here more than a week.
I do not have physical access to this machine for a few weeks, as it is sitting in my parent's basement. I can remote into it just fine, and can do nearly all tasks but access administrator functions.
A secondary, local account also has these issues. I'm not sure what I need to be looking for.
Thanks in advance.
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Looks like a major problem with permissions. The current user profile might be corrupt.
The best thing to do, as a test, is to create a new user account, set it as an admin and then login with that account and see how things do.
Let me know how that goes :wink:
Shane
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Looks like a major problem with permissions. The current user profile might be corrupt.
The best thing to do, as a test, is to create a new user account, set it as an admin and then login with that account and see how things do.
Let me know how that goes :wink:
Shane
same issues on both the built in Administrator account and a new admin account.
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Man something is really messed up deep. Have you done the Windows 8 built in repair install yet?
Shane
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Is that something that is accessible through Windows 8 directly? I don't have physical access until the 13th, and can try rebooting into recovery and restoring a backup from around April 10th to try and recover the system from there if nothing else works.
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Here you go :-)
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/repair-windows-8
Shane
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Good to know. Looks like this is the feature that nukes your install and resets everything to factory. I'll try that if my backups are corrupt or not working, when I get pyshical access to the system.
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It shouldnt nuke it, but just in case always make sure to have a backup :-)
Shane