Deep inside the bowels of Windows Vista, there’s a secret Administrator account, and it’s different from the normal administrator account you most likely have set up on your PC. This Administrator account is not part of the Administrator group. (Confused yet? You should be.) It’s a kind of superadministrator, akin to the root account in Unix, and by default it’s turned off and hidden. (In describing this hack, we’ll always use the capital “A” for the secret Administrator account, and a lowercase “a” for a normal administrator account.)
In versions of Windows before Windows Vista, the Administrator account wasn’t hidden, and many people used it as their main or only account. This Administrator account had full rights over the computer.
In Windows Vista, Microsoft changed that. In Vista, the Administrator account is not subject to UAC, but normal administrator accounts are. So the Administrator can make any changes to the system and will see no UAC prompts.
Turning on the Administrator account is straightforward. First, open an elevated command prompt by typing cmd into the Search box on the Start menu, right-clicking the command prompt icon that appears at the top of the Start menu, then selecting Run as administrator — or just use the shortcut you created in the previous hack.
Then enter this command and press Enter:
Net user administrator /active:yes
From now on, the Administrator account will appear as an option on the Welcome screen, along with any user accounts you may have set up. Use it like any other account. Be aware that it won’t have a password yet, so it’s a good idea to set a password for it.
If you want to disable the account and hide it, enter this command at an elevated command prompt and press Enter:
Net user administrator /active:no
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i tried that and i got a system error 5. what did i do wrong?
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i want ask one question,how to unlocked the reistry editing has been disabled…
if you got system error 5 you might have not right-clicked on command prompt and chose run as administrator. you need to type cmd on the start search and then once command prompt appears on the results list, right click on it and then choose run as administrator
Please tell me, does this super administrator actually work on consumer products.
wats doe
I had this problem in the brand new O/S “Windows 7 Ultimate” final release when I did install this O/S on both my Laptop and also on my stationary PC. The first installation on my Laptop works flawless and fine, no problem, BUT when I did install this same O/S also on my stationary PC. the Administrator-account are premanantly blocked from nearly everything, the only stuff I can do on the stationary pc are read documents and play some games and surf the internet, But i can not move/transfer files, not delete files and so on!!! I have tried EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING!!! The last thing to do right now are to make a compleat “Fdisk” when I Boot from the original installation-DVD! I have succeded to transsfer important files, photos and softwares from this stationary to a backup-folder on my other Laptop, I succeded to do that transfer över the internal network, and no I am in the middle if the “Pain in the ass process” to make this painstaking formatation (fdisk) of the hdd… But everything are far more secure and much easier with Windows 7!!! I realy want to send a “BIG THANK YOU!” to Microsoft for this absolute wounderfull new great O/S “Windows 7″! To all who has simulare problem that I have, I recomend to do a filetrancer and backup of important files and so on and after that do a compleat “Fdisk” and re-install the entire Windows 7 cause it´s so much easier now with this wounderfull O/S! :=)
I have downloaded windows password key 8.0. It is a very quick and useful utility for resetting passwords. It not only supports XP, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank password.
Just an easy to use bootable CD/DVD . It can also be used on a USB Flash Drive. http://www.lostwindowspassword.com/
Free trial Windows Password Recovery Tool—Windows Password Unlocker is highly recommended
1.Download Windows Password Unlocker from Password Unlocker Official site.
2.Decompress the Windows password unlocker and note that there is an .ISO image file. Burn the image file onto an blank CD with the burner freely supported by Password Unlocker.
3.Insert the newly created CD into the locked computer and re-boot it from the CD drive.
4.After launched the CD, a window pop up with all your account names(if you have several accounts) select one of the accounts that you have forgotten its password to reset it. Just one press, you have removed the password.
In reply to: keandapig
i have locked the administrator account so when i go to right click on CMD in the start menu, i cant type in the administrator password.
Now what do I do?
Because I seriously dont want to loose all my files. :S