How to Enable or Disable the Built-in Elevated Administrator Account in Windows 7 by Command prompt

In a Elevated Command PromptNOTE: This option can be used in all editions of Windows 7. If your Windows 7 uses another language than English, then you may need to translate the word administrator part of the commands below to your language to use instead.

1. Open a elevated command prompt.

2. To Enable the Hidden Built-in Elevated Administrator Account

• In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste the command below and pressEnter. (See screenshot below)

NOTE: If you had previously renamed the built-in "Administrator" account's name, then you will need to substitute administrator in the command below with the new name instead.

• net user administrator /active:yes

• Go to step 4.

3. To Disable the Hidden Built-in Elevated Administrator Account

NOTE: This is the default setting.

• In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste the command below and pressEnter. (See screenshot below)

NOTE: If you had previously renamed the built-in "Administrator" account's name, then you will need to substitute administrator in the command below with the new name instead.

• net user administrator /active:no

4. Close the elevated command prompt.5. Log off, and you will now see the built-in Administrator account log on icon added (enabled) or removed (disabled) from the log on screen. (See screeenshot below)

NOTE: Click on the Administrator icon to log on to the built-in Administrator account.