How To Enable Hidden Administrator On Windows 7 or Vista

The account is created in windows 7 or vista, but since it's not enabled you can't use it. if you are troubleshooting something that need to run as administrator, you can enable it with a simple command.

Enable Built-in Administrator Account

First you'll need to open a command prompt in administrator mode by right-clicking and choosing "run as administrator" or use the Ctrl+Shift+Enter shortcut from the search box

Now type following command:

net user administrator /active:yes

 

You should see a message that the command completed successfully. Log out, and you’ll now see the Administrator account as a choice.

Disable Built-in Administrator Account

Make sure you are logged on as your regular user account, and then open an administrator mode command prompt as above. Type the following command:

net user administrator /active:no

The administrator account will now be disabled

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