How To Enable the Administrator Account in Windows

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➡️ There's a hidden Administrator account with complete access. I'll show you how to enable it and discuss why you shouldn't use it very often, if at all. ➡️ Enable the administrator account Besides the standard limited and administrator-capable accounts, there’s a more powerful administrator account. It’s disabled by default. Enable it by running “net user administrator /active:yes” in an administrative comment prompt. This account runs without UAC prompts and initially has no password, which poses a security risk. You can use it for specific maintenance tasks to avoid repeated UAC interruptions, but it’s crucial to set a password if you activate it. Updates, related links, and more discussion: https://askleo.com/170746 🔔 Subscribe to the Ask Leo! YouTube channel for more tech videos & answers: https://go.askleo.com/ytsub ✅ Watch next ▶ Why Am I Being Asked for an Administrator Password When I Run a Program? ▶ https://youtu.be/Ng3fhJU-PUY Chapters 0:00 Enable Administrator Account in Windows 0:45 Limited user accounts 1:20 Enabling Administrator account 2:40 The danger 3:40 Set a password 4:35 Why? ❤️ My best articles: https://go.askleo.com/best ❤️ My Most Important Article: https://go.askleo.com/number1 More Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com to get your questions answered ☑️ https://newsletter.askleo.com to subscribe to the Confident Computing newsletter. ☑️ https://askleo.com/patron to help support Ask Leo! ☑️ https://askleo.com/all-the-different-ways-to-get-ask-leo/ for even more! #askleo #Administrator #Windows