Enable the Hidden Administrator Account on Windows 7 or Vista

Posted by Muhammed Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2012

You may wonder, what happened to built in administrator account in latest plat forms of Windows?. This account is there in Windows 7 or Vista, but you need to enable it for use. This article will describe you how you can access it.  


Enable Built-in Administrator Account


Open command prompt in administrator mode (Click on “Start button -> All Programs -> Accessories“. Right-click on the” Command Prompt” and then choose “Run as Administrator“) and type the below command and press Enter. You should see a message that command completed successfully. Log out and see the Administrator account as a choice in login screen

net user administrator /active:yes

Disable Built-in Administrator Account

Log on as your regular user account, open command prompt in administrator mode and run the below command

                net user administrator /active:no

The administrator account will be disabled and should not show up on the log in screen anymore.