Device Manager Restricted


sparker01915

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Have a weird issue that not sure how long it was going on for, Whenever I try and get into Device Manager, I am getting a message that it's restricted. I have no idea how since I am an Administrator on my own device.

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What about similar utilities such as
  • Task scheduler,
  • Event viewer?


Denis
 

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What about similar utilities such as
  • Task scheduler,
  • Event viewer?


Denis
Task scheduler and Even viewer are both seen when I search for them but I cannot click on them in the search. I have to right click choose file location and then when I try and open them it gives me the same message about being restricted. I did find a thread saying to delete a registry key do not run or something similar in registry which I've done. I can now at least open Device Manager but those other apps are the same thing
 

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please run option 2, from this tutorial
 

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Denis

I found my original profile became corrupt. I had to recreate a new profile. The apps/games installed under my old profile I can just move over to my newly created profile?
 

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Sometimes the issue itself tells you where to look - permissions/rights...
Have a weird issue that not sure how long it was going on for, Whenever I try and get into Device Manager, I am getting a message that it's restricted. I have no idea how since I am an Administrator on my own device.

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It seems your issue was from an authorization level (aka permissions) which is further seen by the fact that your old profile was corrupted, and that creating a new profile solved the issue.
I found my original profile became corrupt. I had to recreate a new profile. The apps/games installed under my old profile I can just move over to my newly created profile?
Anyway, you should be able to just copy your personal files/data over without issue. For apps and software, you may have to "reinstall" to insure proper functionality.

Good luck.
 

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