How to enable or disable Administrator account in windows 7 basic or vista?

As part of improving Operating System security, latest windows are coming with hidden administrator account. Even from the user account option in control panel you can’t view the Administrator account. Most of the cases this will create the user panic if they really want to do some thing with the Administrator account.

Actually administrator account is disabled by default on the computer as it is not really required for normal users unless they need it for some kind of trouble shooting.

So, how we activate a hidden Administrator account on your computer?

Follow below simple steps to activate this account:

Open a command prompt in Administrator mode
   This can be dome by by right-clicking and choosing “Run as administrator” (or use the Ctrl+Shift+Enter  shortcut from the search box)

   Type the following command on the black window to enable Administrator account

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   net user administrator /active:yes
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   You will get a message “The command completed successfully”

   Go to Control panel user accounts, then go to manage accounts
   Here you could see activated Administrator account

Very important
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This activated admin account doesn’t have a password. You must set one immediately after activating that.


Type the following command on the command window to disable Administrator account:

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net user administrator /active:no
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Administrator account will be disabled. You wont see it while logon or in the control panel


Generally speaking Administrator account is only required for troubleshooting purpose. As a security measure, let Administrator account be disabled unless you need it for some kind of troubleshooting activity.