Enable Real Administrator Account

You can enable a REAL Administrator account in Vista by doing the following.

First way:

  1. Right click on computer --> manage --> Local user and groups --> Users. Right-click administrator shortcut and click properties, then uncheck "account is disabled".
  2. Right click again on administrator and set password.
  3. Log off and log on again and you will see administrator in welcome screen.

Second way:

  1. Click Start
  2. Type: cmd
  3. Right click cmd, click "Run As Administrator"
  4. Type: net user administrator /active:yes
  5. Press Enter

Now log off and log back on. You will see the REAL Administrator Account at the Welcome Screen. By default, there is no password set on this account, so it would be a good idea to set one.

NOTE: If you wish to disable the Administrator Account, follow the five steps above replacing step 4 with the following line:

net user administrator /active:no