Three ways to activate the Administrator account in Windows 8

By default, the administrator account (Administrator) in Windows 8 is disabled. There are a number of programs require users to log in using the administrator account to install software or perform some action on the local computer.


Although you have a normal user account is considered the account "administrator" but you will still get the UAC prompt dialog when performing some actions on the computer.

The main access by default Administrator account of the system will help to remove the UAC dialog box prompt. In the following article will guide users through the steps to enable the administrator account so that you can select and log in with this account in Windows 8.

Method 1

The first way to activate administrator account (Administrator) is access to functional team Computer Manager. You can do this by


                                                right click on Compute r and select Manage . 


In the Computer Manager Window click to select Local Users and Groups> User. You should see the Administrator account in the right pane. Right-click the Administrator accounts and selects Properties s.  


In the dialog box that appears, you built up in the Account is disabled option then press the OK button to apply the change.


Now you can login to your existing account and you will see the Administrator account appears in the list of users. 

Method 2 

You can also enable and disable the Administrator account through the window command line.


From the Start screen, you right click in any position and press the all apps button below.


Then right click to select the Command Prompt under Windows System group.

Then click Run as Administrator in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen to activate the command line on the system. Also you will see the UAC dialog box appears, simply click Yes to continue.


In the command line, you only need to type the following command: net user administrator / active: yes. Then press Enter to activate the Administrator account. 


Conversely, to disable the Administrator account you use the command: net user administrator / active: no

Method 3

The ultimate way to enable or disable administrator account in Windows 8 is to use the Local Security Policy. This option is only available in the Professional version of Windows 8.


To open the Local Security Policy in Windows 8, you can access the Control Panel and then select Administrative Tools, and then double-click Local Security Policy.


In the left pane, click on the Local Policies> Security Option, Then double-click the Administrator account status in the right pane.


In the dialog box that appears, click the Enabled option and press the OK button to apply.

These are three different ways you can activate and log into the Administrator account in Windows 8.




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