Enables or disables the Administrator account of Windows 7

In the post this time will discuss how to enable or disable the administrator account in Windows 7. The easiest way to enable or disable the build in administrator account in Windows 7 is from the command line. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges. This can be done by right clicking on the icon command prompt in Windows 7 start menu and select Run As Administrator option.

enable administrator account windows 7

To enable the administrator account Windows 7:

net user administrator / active: yes

to disable the administrator account Windows 7:

net user administrator / active: no

To change the password the administrator account Windows 7:

net user administrator password

Another alternative to enable or disable the administrator account Windows 7 is to use the Local Security Policy option. You can open the Local Security Policy by typing secpol.msc from the run box.

You'll find a menu option on the Local Policies ; Security Options. Fox just setting Accounts: Administrator Account with double click on the entry.