Shoutbox

Ok people incase you didn't know about this already, theres a hidden administrator account in windows vista the reason why im posting this is if people are having problems or getting annoyed with the UAC and administrator permissions this hidden account will solve this problem and get rid of them without having to turn it off manually. This is the True Administrator account

Turning on the Administrator account is straightforward.

1. First, open an elevated command prompt by typing cmd into the Search box on the Start menu, right-clicking the command prompt icon that appears at the top of the Start menu, then selecting Run as administrator

2. Then enter this command and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:yes

From now on, the Administrator account will appear as an option on the Welcome screen, along with any user accounts you may have set up. Use it like any other account.

If you want to disable the account and hide it, enter this command at an elevated command prompt and press Enter:

Net user administrator /active:no which i doubt you'd want to do

This information was provided from here

I actually started using this account a while ago using a different method easier for me unfortunately i forgot where the source is but i will look and if i find it i will post it this is only for people using Windows Vista and didnt know about it 

I didn't know about it . Thanks. I've always thought of going to Safe Mode in order to access the Administrator a/c.

How is this different from a normal admin account with UAC disabled?
Disabling UAC is as easy as start > run > msconfig > Tools > Disable UAC > Ok.

no problem i personally haven't tried this method but it should work

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Originally posted by John Anderton
How is this different from a normal admin account with UAC disabled?
Disabling UAC is as easy as start > run > msconfig > Tools > Disable UAC > Ok.

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with this account you will not have to disable UAC its already disabled, it will run like a normal administrator account like xp

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Originally posted by wally
if you annoyed with the UAC and administrator permissions this hidden account will solve this problem and get rid of them without having to turn it off manually. This is the True Administrator account

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I have just one admin account and other standard accounts. So I just disable UAC and run my account. Why have to go to another account when you don't need to
Anyway, UAC is too much trouble for power users anyway. 4 confirmations to whether I can paste a file in a folder is far from ideal. Only allowing auto elevation for administrators is fine too because tbh that's the worst part of it all.

well its really up to you if you want to use the account im just trying to help maybe you can use this for future purposes

i dont have vista... but whats the difference between an xp admin account and a vista admin account

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Originally posted by M73A
i dont have vista... but whats the difference between an xp admin account and a vista admin account

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One is on Vista and one is on XP?


You can disable UAC in Control Panel > User Accounts aswell, don't need to use msconfig, JA ;p

not much difference its just vista has to much security asking for your permission with everything you do and one odd thing it will ask is for example if you want to install a specific program it will ask for administrator permissions ...why would it do that if your the administrator? the purpose of this hidden account is that you wont have to deal with any of that like i said in the first post 'this is the real Administrator account' alot of people i know hate vista and switch back to xp for this exact issue, but this solves there problem the right way.
i hope this answered your question

EDIT: yes i do know you can disable UAC i did this but i still had some issues i noticed some applications wouldn't run unless i right clicked them and click 'run as administrator' i would notice that the application would run but not correctly unless i did that. the hidden account also solves that problem

Why would I want a secondary account to be shown in the login screen ;<

My, admin, account will do