Enable Administrator Account in Windows 7, built-in 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.
See also: Create Account in Windows (Command line)
Enable Administrator Account Windows 7
Here we will use Windows command prompt to enable admin account on Windows 7, make sure you run the command prompt as administrator. Lets see how to do that and what is the command to enable account.
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
Thanks for you help
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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.
trying as shown still appear error system error 5 has occurred ...please adviced or someone setup using other's software
Im us a dell inspirion 1545 i get the same mesage i also cant get passed if it shows rhe crest piic wen trying run as admin or want to do owt rl
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!