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In Windows 11 my user is admin but OS doesn't allow me to open device manager

After one wrong click I got the upgrade to Windows 11 and now my bluetooth drivers does not work anymore. I'm trying to reinstall them, but although my user is Adminstrator I get the following message when I try to open Device Manager: Operation canceled due to existing restrictions on the computer. Contact the System Administrator This is my translation of the original message in Brazilian Portuguese: Operação cancelada devido a restrições existentes no computador. Contate o administrador do sistema. If I open a console and run netwmic useraccount get name,sid It says that my user is in the A

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