How to Enable Administrator Account in Windows 7
Administrator account in Windows 7 is disabled and hidden by default. To perform some Administrative task you have to enable it. To enable the Administrator account in Windows 7 follow the given steps below.
Step-1
Click on Start menu > Accessories >right click on Command Prompt > Run as Administrator
Step-2
This will open Command Prompt, copy the following command paste and hit enter
net user administrator /active:yes
Step-3
Now logout and see the administrator account is available
To disable Administrator again just put ‘no’ instead of ‘yes’ at the end of the command
net user administrator /active:no
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thanks for sharing this tip to enable admin in Windows 7
Woow Windows 7 is also going tricky
Windows 7 is awesome
i really don’t know yet
Woow Windows 7 is also going to be tricky
nice windows 7 article
Does it necessary for other Windows operating systems to enable disable administrator like Windows 7?
this information is very helpful
When I run following command
net user administrator /active:yes
I received an error message as
“System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied”
You need to Run Command Prompt as Administrator. See step-1 above in the post.
thanx trickYguY yes it works
thanks for windows 7 tips
Should we enable and use Administrator account?
just enabled admin account in windows 7..
thank u guys!
i am unable to activate the administrator account. i had enabled it using net user administrator/active:yes and after completing the task i disabled it. however now if i try to eanble using same cmd i get system error 5 access denied, any help will be highly appreciated.
Run the command prompt as an Administrator privileges, see step-1
thanks for helping me in enabling admin account in Windows 7
very nice and useful windows 7 tips.
thanks a lot, i really don’t know this before that how to enable administrator account in windows 7, the same process works for windows vista.
do this works for windows vista?
Enable admin account Vista http://www.trickyways.com/2008/04/enable-hidden-account-of-administrator-in-windows-vista/
I enabled admin on windows vista with your instructions.
In Windows XP Administrator was not hidden you can access it with a trick buy in Windows 7 its not, thanks for helping to enable administrator account.
i like your articles and just enabled administrator account in windows vista.
i enabled administrator in my newly installed Windows 7 thank you
Administrator is enabled, greate guys
it works! thanks.