This article will provide you with solutions to the HP printer setup blocked by administrator problem.
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HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator [Solutions]
If your HP printer setup is blocked by the administrator, do the following to fix the problem:
1. Set up your HP Printer on the Admin Account – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
To set up your HP printer on the admin account, do the following steps:
Note: Before you start, ensure that you disconnect any USB cable connected to your HP printer until you get a prompt to connect it during the installation.
Step 1: Go to your Windows Search.
Step 2: Type “CMD”.
Step 3: Right-click on “CMD” from the search results.
Step 4: Click on “Run as administrator”.
Step 5: When the CMD (Command Prompt) opens, type this: “net user administrator /active:yes” without the quotation marks.
Step 6: Press the “Enter” key on your keyboard.
Step 7: Close the CMD window.
Step 8: Restart your Windows computer.
Step 9: Once your computer restarts, log into the new available account. This account will be named “Administrator” and has no password.
- In case your computer logs into your regular account automatically after it restarts, press the “Windows” ad “L” keys on your keyboard to sign in to the admin account.
Step 10: Now that you are signed into the admin account, carry out your HP printer setup.
Step 11: Test your HP printer.
If your HP printer is working, you can now disable the admin account.
You can also enable the admin account via Computer Management.
How to Enable the Admin Account via Computer Management – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
To enable the admin account via Computer management, do these steps:
Step 1: Press your keyboard’s “Windows” key.
Step 2: Type this: “computer management”.
Step 3: From the search results, click on “Computer management”.
Step 4: Expand the section for “Local User and Groups” when the window for Computer Management opens.
Step 5: Select the folder named “Users”.
Step 6: Double click “Administrator”.
Step 7: Click on the box next to “Account is disabled” to uncheck it.
If it is unchecked, don’t click on the box.
Step 8: Click on “Apply”.
Step 9: Click on “OK”.
How to Disable the Admin Account – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
To disable the admin account, do the following steps:
Step 1: Go to your Windows Search.
Step 2: Type “CMD”.
Step 3: Right-click on “CMD” from the search results.
Step 4: Click on “Run as administrator”.
Step 5: When the CMD (Command Prompt) opens, type this: “net user administrator /active:no” without the quotation marks.
Step 15: Press the “Enter” key on your keyboard.
Step 16: Close the Command Prompt.
Step 17: Restart your Windows computer.
2. Create a New User Account – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
If the solution above fails to resolve the problem, then the issue might be with your User profile. Therefore, you need to create a new user account and then set up your HP printer on the new account.
To do this, use any of the methods below that works best for your Windows version:
Method 1 – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
Step 1: Click the “Start” icon/button.
Step 2: Click on “Control Panel”.
Step 3: Click on “User Accounts and Family Safety”.
Step 4: Click on “User Accounts”.
Step 5: Click on “Manage another account”.
Step 6: Click on “Create a new account”.
Step 7: Set up your HP printer on the new account.
Method 2 – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
Step 1: Open your computer settings by pressing the “Windows” and “I” keys on your keyboard.
Step 2: Click on “Accounts”.
Step 3: Check the left pane and click on “Family & other people”.
Step 4: Go to the section down the page for “Other people”.
Step 5: Click on “Add someone else to this PC”.
Step 6: Click on “I don’t have this person’s sign-in information”.
Step 7: Click “Add a user without a Microsoft account”.
Step 8: Type in a user name of your choice.
Step 9: Click on “Next”.
Step 10: You can decide to enter a password or not. If you choose to, ensure that you also include a security question.
Step 11: Click the account you just created.
Step 12: Click on “Change account type”.
Step 13: Click on the drop-down menu.
Step 14: Select “Administrator”.
Step 15: Click “OK”.
Step 16: Restart your computer once the creation of the new account is complete.
Step 17: Log into the new account.
Step 18: Try to set up your HP printer.
If it works, test your HP printer before you log in using your normal account. After that, confirm if the issue is fixed.
If it still occurs, do the next solution.
We recommend that you read this article: HP Printer Setup [How To, Issues & Solutions] to learn about other HP printer setups and issues.
3. Unblock your Printer Installer – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
To unblock your printer installer on your computer, do the steps below:
Step 1: Open your computer’s “File Explorer”.
Step 2: Navigate to the setup file that is being blocked.
Step 3: Right-click on the setup file.
Step 4: Click “Properties”.
Step 5: Click on the tab labeled “General”.
Step 6: Check the section for “Security”.
Step 7: Click on the box beside “Unblock” to checkmark it.
Step 8: Click on “Apply”.
Step 9: Click on “OK”.
Try to set up your HP printer now.
If the setup is still blocked, do the next solution.
4. Run the Setup file as Administrator – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
To run the setup file as administrator, do the following steps:
Step 1: Open your computer’s “File Explorer”.
Step 2: Navigate to the setup file that is being blocked.
Step 3: Right-click on the setup file.
Step 4: Click on “Run as administrator”.
Step 5: When you see a prompt, click on “Yes”.
Step 6: Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup.
5. Contact HP – HP Printer Setup Blocked By Administrator
If none of the above solutions fixes the problem, then you have to contact HP Customer Support for further assistance, repair, and replacement if need be.
