{"id":5779,"date":"2015-12-16T15:06:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T15:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=5779"},"modified":"2022-07-10T02:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T02:21:06","slug":"4-ways-to-enable-built-in-administrator-account-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/4-ways-to-enable-built-in-administrator-account-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways to Enable Built-in Administrator Account on Windows 11 \/ 10 \/ 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

The built-in Administrator account is hidden & disabled by default in Windows. There is always a built-in Administrator account associated for every Windows installations. It’s a super administrator account that gives you some extra privileges over the normal administrator account. In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 ways to enable the built-in Administrator on Windows 11 \/ 10 \/ 8.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Enable Built-in Administrator from Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + X to open the Quick Access menu, and then select Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>. If you’re running Windows 11, choose “Windows Terminal (Admin)<\/strong>” instead.\n

    \"quick-access-menu\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. In the Command Prompt, type the following command and press Enter.
    \nnet user Administrator \/active:yes<\/code><\/p>\n

    \"enable-admin-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. As soon as you execute the command, the super built-in Administrator account is enabled, and you can access it by switching the accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Enable Built-in Administrator from Computer Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. After opening the File Explorer<\/a>, right-click on “This PC” (or “This Computer”) on the left navigation pane, and then select Manage<\/strong>.\n

      \"manage-pc\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. When the Computer Management window opens, expand System Tools<\/strong> > Local Users and Groups<\/strong> > Users<\/strong>.\n

      \"local-users\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. In right-side pane double-click on Administrator account. It’ll open its Properties window. Uncheck the “Account is disabled<\/strong>” option.\n

      \"account-is-disabled\"<\/p>\n

      Click Apply and then OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Enable Built-in Administrator Through Local Security Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Press Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type secpol.msc<\/strong> and hit Enter.\n

        \"secpol\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. When the Local Security Policy window opens, expand Local Policies<\/strong> > Security Options<\/strong>. In right-side pane, double-click on the policy “Accounts: Administrator account status<\/strong>” and set it to Enabled<\/strong>.\n

        \"administrator-status\"<\/p>\n

        Click Apply and then OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Note:<\/strong> Local Security Policy Editor is not available on home editions of Windows.<\/em><\/p>\n

        Method 4: Enable Built-in Administrator without Logging In<\/strong><\/p>\n

        All the above methods are fairly simple, but they work assuming you can still log on to Windows 10\/8 with admin rights. What to do if you’re locked out of your computer? Follow the procedure described below and it allows you to activate the built-in Administrator account without logging in:<\/p>\n

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        1. Boot your problematic computer from Windows installation DVD. Make sure that your PC’s BIOS (UEFI) Setup is configured to boot from a DVD and that UEFI and Secure Boot are disabled.\n

          \"press-a-key-to-boot-cd\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        2. After booting into the DVD media, you’ll see the Windows Setup screen.\n

          \"windows-setup\"<\/p>\n

          Just press SHIFT + F10 to open a Command Prompt.<\/li>\n

        3. In the Command Prompt, type the following commands one by one, press Enter after each. That will make a copy of the utilman.exe<\/em> file, and then replace utilman.exe<\/em> with cmd.exe<\/em>. In most cases, Windows 10 or 8 is located on drive d:\\<\/em>. If that’s not your case, make sure you replace d:\\<\/em> with the drive letter of the partition where Windows 10\/8 is installed.\n

          copy d:\\windows\\system32\\utilman.exe d:\\
          \ncopy \/y d:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe d:\\windows\\system32\\utilman.exe
          \n<\/code><\/p>\n

          \"replace-utilman\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        4. Now type wpeutil reboot<\/strong> and hit Enter to reboot your computer. Eject the DVD media and let your computer boot from local hard drive.<\/li>\n
        5. Wait until Windows boots to the login screen. Click the Ease of Access<\/strong> button in the lower-left corner of your screen.\n

          \"ease-of-access\"<\/p>\n

          Since we replaced the utilman.exe<\/em> with cmd.exe<\/em>, a Command Prompt should open now.<\/li>\n

        6. At the Command Prompt, type the following command to activate the built-in Administrator account:
          \n\tnet user Administrator \/active:yes<\/code><\/p>\n

          \"activate-administrator\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        7. Close the Command Prompt and reboot your computer. You can sign in to Windows 10\/8 with the newly activated Administrator account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The built-in Administrator account is hidden & disabled by default in Windows. There is always a built-in Administrator account associated for every Windows installations. It’s a super administrator account that gives you some extra privileges over the normal administrator account. In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 ways to enable the built-in Administrator on Windows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894,39],"tags":[1474,2409,4974,4973,2407,254,2410,2411,2408],"class_list":["post-5779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-8","tag-activate-windows-administrator-account","tag-activate-windows-built-in-administrator","tag-enable-administrator-account-windows-10","tag-enable-administrator-account-windows-11","tag-enable-built-in-administrator","tag-enable-windows-administrator-account","tag-enable-windows-administrator-account-from-command-prompt","tag-enable-windows-administrator-account-without-logging-in","tag-enable-windows-built-in-administrator-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5779"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18709,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5779\/revisions\/18709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}