I once found the way to activate the Administrator Account but now I can't
remember where? Can someone please help?

Thanks very much.

"David Hankinson" <DavidHankinson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I once found the way to activate the Administrator Account but now I can't
> remember where? Can someone please help?
>
> Thanks very much.
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control panel/user accounts perhaps.

"Julian" wrote:
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> control panel/user accounts perhaps.
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Nope, afraid that doesn't do it. Administrator has to be activated before
it will show up in the User Accounts and activating Administrator requires
going into a configuration file and activating it. I just can't remember the
name of the file.

Thanks for trying.

"David Hankinson" <DavidHankinson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> "Julian" wrote:
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>> control panel/user accounts perhaps.
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> Nope, afraid that doesn't do it. Administrator has to be activated before
> it will show up in the User Accounts and activating Administrator requires
> going into a configuration file and activating it. I just can't remember
> the
> name of the file.
>
> Thanks for trying.
>
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How about control panel/security center/user account controls

David

I think you will only see the Administrator in Safe Mode.

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Hope this helps.

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"David Hankinson" <DavidHankinson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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> "Julian" wrote:
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>> control panel/user accounts perhaps.
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> Nope, afraid that doesn't do it. Administrator has to be
> activated before
> it will show up in the User Accounts and activating Administrator
> requires
> going into a configuration file and activating it. I just can't
> remember the
> name of the file.
>
> Thanks for trying.
>
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> I once found the way to activate the Administrator Account but now I
> can't remember where? Can someone please help?
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You need to enable the account in the Local Users and Groups section of
Computer Management. My admin account shows as being disabled by default.

Dear David

This is how I activated my Administrator


[url]http://computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_administrator_activate.htm[/url]

Regards Guy


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>I once found the way to activate the Administrator Account but now I can't
> remember where? Can someone please help?
>
> Thanks very much.
>[/color]

Open an elevated command prompt by typing cmd into the Search box on the
Start menu, right-clicking the command prompt icon that appears at the top
of the Start menu, then selecting Run as administrator.

Then enter this command and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:yes

To turn off:

Net user administrator /active:no

Dan

"David Hankinson" <DavidHankinson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I once found the way to activate the Administrator Account but now I can't
> remember where? Can someone please help?
>
> Thanks very much.
>[/color]

Thanks, everyone, for your help. I got the information I needed from
Microsoft this afternoon. A quick response from a very helpful and courteous
employee. I was very impressed.

If anyone is curious about the answer to the problem, the file I was looking
for was lusrmgr.msc, and then under USERS.

Thanks again for your input.

Dave, could you post that info from Microsoft?

"David Hankinson" wrote:
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> Thanks, everyone, for your help. I got the information I needed from
> Microsoft this afternoon. A quick response from a very helpful and courteous
> employee. I was very impressed.
>
> If anyone is curious about the answer to the problem, the file I was looking
> for was lusrmgr.msc, and then under USERS.
>
> Thanks again for your input.
>[/color]