Windows 8: How to enable or disable administrator accounts in Windows 7

Way to enable or disable administrator account in Windows 7

We all know about the importance of administrative account in a computer. All of us as Windows users are familiar with the administrator account which is created by default in Windows. Many of us will be surprised what happened to the administrative in Windows 7 computer.

The administrator account is also created in Windows 7 but it is not enabled by default in Windows 7 operating system. It is better not to use the administrator account in Windows 7. If you do not need it, you can ignore it. It is advisable to use the administrative account for trouble shooting only. Let us see how to enable or disable the administrative account in Windows 7 computer.

There are two ways in which an administrative account can be enabled or disabled in Windows 7.

Using the Command Prompt

Through Local Users and Groups

Using Command Prompt: The best and easiest way to enable or disable buiilt in Administrator account in Windows 7 is to use command prompt with administrator rights. This can be done by right-clicking on the command prompt icon in the Windows 7 start menu and selecting 'Run as Administrator' from the given options as shown in the screen shot given below.
Running command prompt as administrator in windows 7

Running command prompt as administrator in windows 7

Now to enable the Windows 7 administrator account type 'net user administrator /active:yes' in the command prompt as given below.
Enabling administrative account through command prompt in windows 7

Enabling administrative account through command prompt in windows 7

You will see a message that the command is completed succesfully as shown above. Now if you log out, you will be able to see the administrator account as one of the choice.
Now to disable the Windows 7 administrator account type 'net user administrator /active:no' in the command prompt
Now to change the Windows 7 administrator password type 'net user administrator password' in the command prompt

Through Local users and groups: This option to enable / disable administrator account is available only in Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions only. Follow the steps given below to enable/disable administrator account using local users and groups in Windows 7.

1. Open the Local Users and Groups manager.
2. In the left pane, click on the Users folder.
3. In the middle pane, right click on Administrator and click on Properties.
4. To enable the built in Administrator account, uncheck the 'Account is disabled' box.
5. To disable the built in administrator account, check the 'Account is disabled' box.
6. Click on OK.
7. Now close the Local users and groups window.
8. Log off now and you will see the built-in Administrator account log on icon added (enabled) or removed (disabled) from the log on screen.

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