Comments on: Activate, Enable and Show Administrator Account in Vista Welcome Screen

By: ShawnG

ShawnG — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:17:50 +0000

You have the command wrong; you forgot the slash. Should be:

net user administrator /active:yes

Comments state this but I suggest you edit your original article to make it clear. Thanks.

By: navid

navid — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:49:29 +0000

I typed net user administrator /active:yes
but and error comes:
system error 5 has occured

access is denied!

What should I do?
I really need to enable it
Please help me

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:21:04 +0000

@jaya28inside

make sure you open cmd.exe with elevated access rights!

By: GH

GH — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:19:57 +0000

net user administrator activate:yes

does not work
It should be:

net user administrator /active:yes

By: Aseem Kishore

Aseem Kishore — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:27:05 +0000

Here’s another way to enable the Administrator account in Vista:

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-vista/enable-administrator-account-vista/

By: Tee

Tee — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:22:39 +0000

If you accidentally lock your self out of the computer by removing your own Adminstrator priviliges (in Vista the local Administrator account is disabled by default), you can use “Offline NT Password & Registry Editor” to either unlock / enable the Administrator account or promote another user to the local administator group to regain access to your locked Windows Vista PC.

By: jaya28inside@yahoo.com

jaya28inside@yahoo.com — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:48:31 +0000

but it’s appeared access denied…

why is thiss///????

cant work… HELPP!