{"id":8391,"date":"2016-11-22T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=8391"},"modified":"2016-11-22T07:48:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T07:48:45","slug":"enable-the-hidden-default-account-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/enable-the-hidden-default-account-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable the Hidden Default Account in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

DefaultAccount is a built-in local account that exists on every Windows 10 installation. By default, it is disabled and doesn’t show up on Windows 10 sign-in screen. What does DefaultAccount use for? DefaultAccount was created and used by the system, and it’s a member of the System Managed Accounts Group. We can rename this account but unable to delete it.<\/p>\n

\"cannot-delete-defaultaccount\"<\/p>\n

In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 methods to enable the hidden Default Account in Windows 10, so you can log into this account and discover its purpose.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Enable Windows 10 Default Account from Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open an elevated Command Prompt in Windows 10<\/a>. This can be done by pressing WIN + X shortcut and selecting “Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>“.\n

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

  2. Type the following commands one by one, press Enter after each. This will activate the DefaultAccount account and change it to standard user.\n

    net user DefaultAccount \/active:yes
    \nnet localgroup Users DefaultAccount \/add<\/code><\/p>\n

    \"enable-defaultaccount-via-cmd\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. When it’s done, reboot your computer and you can then log into DefaultAccount without typing a password!\n

    \"windows-10-default-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Enable Windows 10 Default Account from Computer Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. To get started, you need to open the Computer Management<\/a>. Right-click the This PC<\/strong> icon on your desktop and select Manage<\/strong>.\n

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

    2. Expand System Tools<\/strong> -> Local Users and Groups<\/strong> -> Users<\/strong> on the left side. On the right side, right-click on the DefaultAccount and select Properties<\/strong>.\n

      \"right-click-default-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. Uncheck the option “Account is disabled<\/strong>“.\n

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

    4. Now we need to add this user to the Users group. Click the Member Of<\/strong> tab at the top, and then click the Add<\/strong> button.\n

      \"default-account-groups\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. In the Select Groups window, type Users<\/strong> in the object name box and click OK<\/strong>.\n

      \"select-users-group\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    6. Click Apply<\/strong> and then OK<\/strong>.\n

      \"save-groups-settings\"<\/p>\n

      Now reboot your computer and you can see the DefaultAccount user show up at Windows 10 login screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      DefaultAccount is a built-in local account that exists on every Windows 10 installation. By default, it is disabled and doesn’t show up on Windows 10 sign-in screen. What does DefaultAccount use for? DefaultAccount was created and used by the system, and it’s a member of the System Managed Accounts Group. We can rename this account […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3143,3142],"class_list":["post-8391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-enable-windows-10-default-account","tag-windows-10-defaultaccount"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391","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=8391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8404,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8391\/revisions\/8404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}