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


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
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.


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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