Easy Steps to Locate, Change and Activate the Computer Administrator User Account

Change & Enable Computer Administrator User Account – When you install a new Windows operating system in your computer, you were asked to create an account which is called as ‘Local Administrator’ because by default your main ‘Administrator’ account is disabled for the security purpose.

In this article we are going to tell you ‘how to to disable or enable computer Administrator user account and to change the computer administrator account’ in an easy way step by step.

What is a Computer Administrator user account and why it is important –

A Computer Administrator user is someone who can make changes on a computer that will affect other users of the computer. Administrators can change security settings, install software and hardware, access all files on the computer, and make changes to other user accounts. To log on as an administrator, you need to have a user account on the computer with an Administrator account type.

First of all we will see how to locate the Computer Administrator account. Here we have taken the windows 10 machine to show the steps:

Step 1: Go to the ‘Control Panel’. There are several ways:

1. Press ‘Win’ + ‘R’ key and Type ‘control’.

2. Go to ‘Start’ Menu and type ‘control’, this will open automatically a search bar and show you the control panel icon.

Step 2: Go to the ‘User Accounts’. You will see a screen as shown below.

Step 3: Then go to the link “Manage another account”. If your ‘Administrator’ Account is disabled, then you will be able to only your account. But if it is enabled then you will see the screen like as below.

How to Change or Assign User Account Type as Administrator –

You can assign Administrator user type to any Standard user just follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Create a new user account if no other user has been created yet.

Step 2: Go to the ‘Control Panel’, then ‘User Accounts’, now go to the ‘Manage another account’. You will see the User account which you had just created.

Step 3: Select the User Account you have just created. You will see 2 options where by default ‘Standard’ type is check marked.

Step 4: Check mark on the ‘Administrator’ and press the ‘Change Account Type’.

How to disable and enable Computer Administrator User Account-

There are the 3 ways to disable or enable Computer Administrator User Account.

1. Through ‘Command Mode’.
2. Through ‘Computer Management’.
3. Through Group Policy Editor ‘gpeditor’.

And now I will show you the all these methods in detail and step by step.

1. Disable or enable computer administrator user account through ‘command mode’:

Step 1: Go to the Start Menu, type ‘com’ or ‘cmd’ and the best match will be available to you. Then Press Right button of mouse on the ‘Command Prompt’ and select ‘Run as Administrator’. Or just Press ‘Win’+’X’, and select ‘Command Prompt (Admin)’.

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Step 2: In this ‘Command Prompt’, first of all type ‘cd\’ to exit from all directories and to come directly on the ‘C:\>’.

Step 3: Now type the command to enable ‘net user administrator /active:yes’, and Press ‘Enter’ button, to disable ‘net user administrator /active:no’, and Press ‘Enter’ button, exactly as mentioned without quotes.

2. Disable or enable computer administrator user account through ‘Computer Management’ Group Policy:

Step 1: Press Right button of mouse on the “This PC” icon and select ‘Manage’. This will open the ‘Computer Management’ window.

Step 2: Now expand “Local Users and Groups” and then select ‘Users’.

Step 3: On the right hand side of the window you will see the list of all users on your computer. Press Right button of mouse on the ‘Administrator’, and then select ‘Properties’.

Step 4: A new window of ‘Administrator Properties’ will open, check mark to disable or remove check mark to enable.

3. Disable or enable computer administrator user account through ‘Group Policy Editor’:

Step 1:Press ‘Win’ + ‘R’ key and Type ‘gpedit.msc’ and then  Press ‘OK’ button.

Step2: This will open a page of ‘Local Group Policy Editor’. Now expand the ‘Windows Settings’ Tab, and go to the ‘Security Settings’, and then expand ‘Local Policies’. Now select ‘Security Options’.

Step 3: Search for the “Accounts: Administrator account status” policy, and Press Right button of mouse on it and go to ‘Properties’.

Step 4: A new window will open where you will find two options ‘Enabled’ & ‘Disabled’. By default the check mark will be on ‘Disabled’. To Enable the Administrator Account put the check mark on ‘Enabled’. Then ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’.

All these steps are performed on Windows 10 machine platform but the procedure for all the windows operating system is same whether it is a XP operating system machine or Vista or 7 & 8. I hope this article will help you.

FAQ:

Question 1. How do I turn off built in Administrator?

Answer: To disable or enable computer administrator user account, you need to follow the steps mentioned above in the article.

Question 2. Why do i need to disable built-in administrator user?

Answer: To prevent any unauthorized access or changes in the system settings, you should keep password protected and disabled your computer admin user account. Enable it only when you require.

Question 3. How can I change a user account type as Administrator in windows 7, 8 and 10?

Answer: Press Win + R keys to go the Control panel > User Accounts > Manage another account > Select the user account > Change the account type > Select the Administrator option > Change Account Type.

Question 4. How do I change standard user to Administrator user?

Answer: See the Answer of the Question no. 3, and follow the steps.

Question 5. What are the different methods to disable or enable admin user account in windows 7, 8 or 10?

Answer: The 3 different ways to disable or enable Administrator or Admin User Account are:

1. Through ‘Command Mode’.
2. Through ‘Computer Management’.
3. Through Group Policy Editor ‘gpeditor’.