Sunday, August 10, 2008

Activate Administrator account in Vista


Well, because of some security matters Administrator account is disabled as default for Windows Vista, to enable it you can simply follow the steps:

- Logon to Vista with your username and password
- Right click on Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt
- Select "Run as administrator" from context menu
- In command line type "Net user administrator /active:yes" then enter
- Check the message : The command completed successfully
- Switch User, Log Off, Restart, or Shut Down and boot your system again!
- Logon as Administrator

P.S. To hide Vista Administrator account use the following command:
Net user administrator /active:no
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