{"id":9789,"date":"2017-07-24T04:12:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T04:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=9789"},"modified":"2017-07-24T04:12:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T04:12:30","slug":"create-a-hidden-administrator-account-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/create-a-hidden-administrator-account-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Options to Create a Hidden Administrator Account in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it possible to create a hidden account in our home computer? If you share a computer, you might not want everyone who uses your PC to see your username at the login screen. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 options to create a hidden administrator account in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7 from the Command Prompt.<\/p>\n

Option 1: Create a Hidden & Disabled Administrator Account<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every Windows installation has a set of predefined accounts, including the built-in Administrator account. By default, the built-in Administrator account is disabled so it does not appear on the login screen at startup. Here’s how you can create a similar hidden administrator account from Command Prompt:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Command Prompt<\/a> with administrative rights.<\/li>\n
  2. Copy and paste the code below in the Command Prompt. Replace 123<\/em> with your own password and pcunlocker<\/em> with your administrator name.\n

    net user pcunlocker 123 \/add
    \nnet localgroup Administrators pcunlocker \/add
    \nnet user pcunlocker \/active:no<\/code><\/p>\n

    \"create-disabled-administrator-in-windows\"\n<\/li>\n

  3. Once you press Enter, a new administrator account will be created but it is set to be disabled. A disabled user will not show up at Windows login screen until you enable it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you want to unhide a disabled account, run the following command at Command Prompt:<\/p>\n

    net user pcunlocker \/active:yes<\/code><\/p>\n

    Option 2: Create a Hidden & Enabled Administrator Account<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open the Command Prompt<\/a> with administrative rights.<\/li>\n
    2. Copy and paste the following code in the Command Prompt. Replace 123<\/em> with your own password and pcunlocker<\/em> with your administrator name.\n

      net user pcunlocker 123 \/add
      \nnet localgroup Administrators pcunlocker \/add
      \nreg add \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\SpecialAccounts\\Userlist\" \/v pcunlocker \/t REG_DWORD \/d 0 \/f<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"create-hidden-administrator-account-in-windows\"\n<\/li>\n

    3. This will create a hidden administrator account which is invisible in both your Windows login screen and Fast User Switch menu, though you’ll still be able to manually login via remote desktop.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      This method is useful if you want to create a hidden account for remote access, but don’t let it show up on the login screen. If you want to unhide such a hidden account, just run this command at Command Prompt:<\/p>\n

      reg add \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\SpecialAccounts\\Userlist\" \/v pcunlocker \/t REG_DWORD \/d 1 \/f<\/code><\/p>\n

      That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Is it possible to create a hidden account in our home computer? If you share a computer, you might not want everyone who uses your PC to see your username at the login screen. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 options to create a hidden administrator account in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894,3,39,5,4],"tags":[3477,3475,3476],"class_list":["post-9789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","category-windows-vista","category-windows-xp","tag-create-hidden-administrator-account-in-windows","tag-create-hidden-user-windows-10","tag-hidden-user-account-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9789","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=9789"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9797,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9789\/revisions\/9797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}