Press Enter and look for the FilterAdministratorToken in the right pane.
Copy & past this into the address bar of the Registry Editor window: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System.
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Check Replace owner on subcontainers and objects under Owner.
In the Advanced Security Settings for Local Disk (C:) window, the Owner must be changed to Administrators and the Administrators group must be added to the Permission entries list.
Click OK again to close the Select User or Group window.
Click Find Now and then select Administrators from the Search results.
Click on the Advanced button at the bottom left of the Select User or Group window.
Click on the Advanced button at the bottom.
Right click on it and select Properties.
Locate your system drive where Windows 10 is installed.
Open File Explorer by double clicking on This PC or pressing Win+E.
Click on the Apply button and then OK button to confirm.
Wait a few seconds for the process to finish.
If not, please click on the Start button below.
Look at the Service status section to make sure it's running.
Look for the Application Identity service and double click on it.
Repeat step 1 to step 4 in the previous method to open the Services window.
If not, please change the startup type and then click Apply and OK to save the changes.
Make sure either Manual or Automatic is selected.
Please click on the Start button if it’s not running.
Double click on it and navigate to the Startup type section.
Scroll down to find Windows Update in the services list.
Click on the OK button below or press Enter.
Right click on the Start button (represented by a Windows logo) in the lower left corner of your PC screen.
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