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Lost Admin Privileges, Yes...This Problem Again

I simply tried to change the name of my iMac, had done in the past without problems.


This time it turned my Admin account into a "standard" account, so now I have no control, very frustrating.


I have looked up several articles about command + S and typed in some code to start a reboot in order to get the setup page like it's a new computer and add a "new user" as the admin. none of them worked. I also went to YT and the same thing, lots of how to vids and none of them work.


Can someone please tell me how to fix this idiotic problem? Lately, since Apple has released High Sierra there has been nothing but annoyances, and this seems to be one of them, they have patched the "root" problem so I can't use that anymore...what should I do?


Thanks!

iMac, iOS 9.0.1, updated to 10.10.5

Posted on Dec 17, 2017 9:01 PM

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Lost Admin Privileges, Yes...This Problem Again

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