The Administrator account is the most important account on the computer because it has the highest permissions and can do anything it wants to the configuration and settings of your computer.

Securing this valuable account is critical to the overall security of your computer.This can be accomplished by ensuring the account is disabled, setting a strong password, and renaming it so that it is harder for malicious scripts and viruses to try to use.

Doing this is very similar to securing the Guest account as you just did in the Assigning Password on Guest Account.

• Click the Start menu, right-click Computer, and select Manage.
• After Computer Manager loads, expand Local Users and Groups and select the Users folder.
• Right-click the Administrator account and select Properties.
• Check the Account is disabled option if it is not already selected. Then, click OK to save the changes.
• Right-click the Administrator account and select Set Password.
• A warning screen will appear, telling you about what might happen if you proceed. Disregard this message and click Proceed.
• When the Set Password window appears, type a completely random complex password that is at least 20 characters long in both boxes and click OK. The new password will now be set.
• Rename the account to confuse any malicious scripts that might be looking for it. Right-click the Administrator account again and select Rename.
• Type a new name for the account that has some random letters and numbers in it. I like to use AdminDisabled2341 as a new name.
• Press Enter and you are finished.

A word of caution at the beginning. It is generally not advised to tamper around with the build in administrator account of Windows 7. If you do not need it or do not know why you would need it then don’t. Here is a quick rundown on how to enable or disable the Windows 7 administrator account.

The easiest way to enable or disable the Windows 7 build in administrator account is from the command line. Open a command prompt with administrator rights. This is done by right-clicking on the command prompt icon in the Windows 7 start menu and selecting Run As Administrator from the available options.



To enable the Windows 7 administrator account:

net user administrator /active:yes

To disable the Windows 7 administrator account:

net user administrator /active:no

To change the password of the Windows 7 administrator account:

Net user administrator password

An alternative would be to enable or disable the Windows 7 administrator account using the Local Security Policy option. You can open the Local Security Policy by launching secpol.msc from the run box.

You find the option under Local Policies-> Security Options. Just change the setting Accounts: Administrator account by double-clicking the entry

This is little bit of windows hacking when you say you want to shutdown a remote computer on your LAN network, if you are doing it for FUN then its ok.

But let me tell you, this may also cause some potential data loss at the remote computer.

Requirement: You must have administrator rights in order to remotely shutdown a computer.

How to:

1. Start>>Run and type cmd and press Enter. (more…)

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