How to enable or disable the Administrator account in Windows 8 or Windows 7

Step 1: Run "command prompt" with Administrative privileges.

How to run command prompt with administrative rights in Windows 7 & Windows 8:

Windows 7

To run Command Prompt in administrative mode in Windows 7 operating system go to:

1. Start > All Programs

2. Click to expand Accessories.

2. Right click on Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator"

4. Proceed to Step 2.

Windows 8

To run Command Prompt in administrative mode in Windows 8 operating system:

1. Right-click at the screen's bottom-left corner and from the pop-up menu, choose "Command Prompt (Admin)".

2. Choose "Yes" at User Account Control" warning message:

Step 2: Enable the Administrator Account.

How to enable the administrator account from command prompt in Windows 8 or 7:

Inside the command prompt window, type the following command:

net user administrator /active:yes   and press "Enter".

After that you should view a message that says that your command was completed successfully.

Close the Command prompt window and from now on, the "Administrator" account is Enabled on your computer,*

Advice*: For you security, don't forget to specify a password* for Administrator account after you have enable it.

(To specify a user password in Windows 7 or 8 go to: Control Panel > User Accounts options)

How to Disable Administrator account in Windows 8 & Windows 7:

If you don't want to log in with the Administrator account in the future, you can disable it by following the same steps, but at the command prompt window you must give the following command instead:

net user administrator /active:no

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