Windows Store not recognizing Admin privileges

  1. Check your user privileges: Windows key + R key (Windows +R) → opens the run window

  2. Type/copy: control userpasswords2

  3. Press enter

    It will open the user accounts window

  4. Double-click your user or select your user

  5. Click Properties

  6. Click Group membership tab

  7. Check if the radio button is on administrators.


I called Dell tech support. They tried and also failed to update to Win 8.1. They did a bunch of updates, activated Dell backup and ran a command line utility wsreset.exe that cleared the store cache, I'm guessing that is what fixed the problem.

Probably a left over setting from the preinstallation of apps.