Thursday, April 14, 2016

How to Enable / Activate Hidden Built-in Administrator Account in Windows?

Many times you might want to enable it for troubleshooting purposes or to get rid of the annoying UAC prompts while tweaking your system. So here I'll describe a methods to enable and activate the hidden and built-in Administrator account in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and later OS versions:

Method

1. Right-click on My Computer icon on Desktop and select "Manage", it'll open "Computer Management" window. ( You can also open it by giving "compmgmt.msc" command in RUN dialog box or Start Menu Search box).

2. Go to "Local Users and Groups -> Users" section. In right-side pane double-click on "Administrator" account. It'll open its Properties window. Uncheck "Account is disabled" option and Apply it.

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