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Enable / Activate Hidden Administrator Account in Windows Vista


In Windows XP and the earlier Windows versions, there was only one administrator account and most single users used it as their main account. But Windows Vista has another, what may be referred to as a secret ’super’ administrator account. It is hidden & turned off by default, and is similar to the ‘root’ account in Unix.The use of the Administrator account is being phased out in Windows Vista, and there’s actually seldom a need to use it, instead of another administrator account. On installation of Windows Vista, the Administrator account is disabled; but if you upgrade from Windows XP and Administrator is the only active local administrator account, then Administrator remains enabled. In this situation, it is placed in Approval Mode, for purposes of UAC(User Account Control). Since it is not subject to UAC prompts and runs with full administrative privileges, it’s rather risky, to run it on a regular basis. Any application could then have full control of the computer. So I suggest using it sparingly, only when you need to perform several administrative and don’t want to be bothered by UAC prompts. Initially, this ’super’ Administrator account does not have a password, a serious vulnerability for a full-fledged administrator account. Best to assign a strong password to this account at the earliest opportunity.
Method 1
Trap: There should be no space between the word ‘activate’ and the colon. Activate :yes is wrong. activate:yes is correct

Method 2

If you prefer a simpler method, visit the Local Security policy in Windows Vista.
You can also see the resulting Administrator in the Control Panel, User Accounts folder in Windows Vista.
Method 3
There is also another easier method to enable the super hidden administrator user account in Windows Vista.
Benefits of Windows Vista’s Hidden Administrator Account :
The main benefit of activating this hidden Windows Vista Administrator is so that you have access to an account, which does not suffer from the annoying UAC dialog box. Although it is possible to suppress the UAC(User Account Control) with a local policy, there is a lingering fear that security is being weakened. Another worry is that rumours persist that some commands don’t work properly if you turn of the UAC.

Linked to the benefit of suppressing the UAC(User Account Control) dialog box is the fact that this Administrator account has elevated privileges. What this means is that if your run CMD you don’t have to ‘Run as administrator’ before you get unrestricted access to the command line.

Another benefit of knowing this method is to keep the hidden Vista administrator account as a ‘back door’, for example, if you inadvertently lock out your main account. Sitting there at your computer, you can never believe that you will be so foolish as to lock yourself out, yet logic dictates that somewhere in the world, someone has just done that: locked themselves out of Vista. Would not they like to know how to activate the administrator account?

Naturally, it is a case of administrator by name and administrator by function, this super user is a member of the Local Administrator’s group. In many ways this super Administrator account reminds me of the Unix root account. You can hide Vista’s administrator account with this command:

Net user administrator activate:no.

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