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How to enable/disable built-in administrator in Windows 7

Friday, 1 April 2011 18:50 by Miranda

You can use simple administrator user accounts to perform almost part of the actions in Windows 7. But sometimes you might need to use built-in administrator account.

You can easily use that account by following the instructions:

1. Open Command Prompt: click Start button and type cmd in the Start Search string. Find Command Prompt in the search result list and right-click on this item, then choose Run as administrator.

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2. Press Yes button if you are prompted for User Account Control permission.

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3. At the Command Prompt type:

    net user administrator /active:yes

press Enter button on your keyboard.

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4. If you want set the password for this account at the Command Prompt type

    net user administrator <Password>

and then press Enter button on your keyboard.

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Note: Replace the your_password with desired password that you want to set to built-in administrator account.

5. Close Command Prompt.

6. Log off the current user account and check the results.

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If you want disable built-in administrator account you can perform that by following the instructions:

1. Open Command Prompt: click Start button and type cmd in the Start Search string. Find Command Prompt in the search result list and right-click on this item, then choose Run as administrator.

2. In the Command Prompt type:

    net user administrator /active:no

press Enter button on your keyboard.

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3. Close Command Prompt.

4. Log off the current user account and check the results.

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