With all the security problems suffered by users of Windows XP, Microsoft, starting with Vista and especially in Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 has disabled the administrator account of the computer. During the installation of the system, Windows requires you to create a personal user account that is given administrator permissions, but with protection that requires confirmation for the most important operations.
This is the Windows User Account or UAC control, which I mentioned earlier, which should never be disabled.
The Windows Administrator account, on the other hand, has not disappeared, but is disabled by default .
This means that when you log in to your computer it does not appear among the selectable users.
Although it is a good thing that the administrator account is disabled, it can be useful from time to time to perform some operations on the system without having interruptions, restrictions and lockups.
Let's see how to activate the administrator account of the Windows computer in three different ways .
NOTE : If you activate the administrator account it is very important to protect it with a password.
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1) You can activate the administrator account from the command prompt .
Type CMD in the search box and simultaneously press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open the prompt with administrator rights.
In Windows 8 you can simply press the right mouse button on the flag at the bottom left.
After launching the elevated command prompt, type the following command and press the Enter key.
Net user administrator / active: yes
Conversely, you can disable the Windows administrator account from the command prompt with Net user administrator / active: no
2) To enable the hidden administrator account you can open the configuration screen of local users and groups.
Press the Windows-R keys together to open a Run box in which to run the lusrmgr.msc command.
From the window that opens, in the left pane, press on Users to see the names of the accounts in the central pane.
Double click on Administrator to open the properties window, deselect the Account disabled option and press Apply to activate it.
Close the local users and groups window, restart your computer and find that the Administrator account is visible on the login screen.
3) The hidden administrator account can also be enabled using local security policies which may not be available in all editions of Windows.
Open the Run window (by pressing the Windows + R keys simultaneously) and type the command secpol.msc .
In the Local Security Policy pane, click Local Policies on the left and then click Security Options .
On the right, look for the Account: Administrator account status item and change from disabled to enabled.
Finally click on Apply and close the window.
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