How to enable Administrator account in Windows Vista

You may need to access the elevated Administrator account to access other user accounts to backup files in case of a failure. In Windows Vista, if you need to access the Administrator account built into Windows, you don’t have to boot into Safe Mode to do it.

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Submitted by Melisachew Wudage Chekol on Sun, 11/09/2008 - 13:26
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How to enable Administrator account in Windows Vista

Steps required to enable elevated administrator account in Vista

  • Log into your regular account. go into Start Menu, click All Programs, then on Accessories, then right-click on Command Prompt, and click on Run as Administrator from the pop-up menu, and enter the required password, if you used one when Windows Vista was originally installed.
  • The Command Prompt window will open. Now type, without the quotes, “net user administrator /active:yes”. You should then see the command completed successfully.
  • You should now be able to log out of Windows, and see the built-in Administrator account alongside your regular account as an option to use.
Submitted by Melisachew Wudage Chekol on Sun, 11/09/2008 - 13:55

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