Adminstrator on windows Vista?

Question

I have recently bought a new pc off display instore, It want let me do all the activities i want to though, its says i am not an administrator, but in the account settings there is onlt one and it is set as admin....

Answer 1

Turn user account control offf

tO dO THIS,  go to

control panel,

users account and family safety,

then user accounts'

turn off user account control.

Answer 2

How to Activate the Vista Administrator - /Active:Yes

How to Activate the Vista Administrator - /Active:Yes

Not many people know that Vista has a hidden super-user account.  I will show you how to activate this Vista Administrator account via a 'Net User' command.  One benefit of logging on as this super account is that you will never be prompted for the nagging UAC dialog box.

Topics for Activating the Vista Administrator

How to Activate the Hidden Vista Administrator Account

Local Security Method to Enable the Administrator Account

Benefits of Vista's Hidden Administrator Account

Check Vista's User Accounts

Summary of Vista Administrator - Super User (Hidden Account)

How to Activate the Hidden Vista Administrator

Key decision - decide if you need a password for the administrator's account that you are going to activate.  My point is that the local policy may insist on a complex password, thus you will not be able to activate the administrator with a blank password.  This technique also works on Windows Server 2008, however on that operating system it is more likely you will set /active:no.

Overview

Logon to Vista using your usual account.

Launch the cmd prompt - Make sure you select, 'Run as administrator'

Net user administrator p£ssw0rD

Net user administrator /active:yes

Switch User, or logoff

Logon as Administrator  Password p£ssw0rD  

(Your password may be different!)

Detailed Instructions to activate the Administrator

Logon to Vista using your normal username and password.

Click on the Start button

Click on Start Search.  

Type, cmd.  

Right-click cmd, select 'Run as administrator' from the shortcut menu.

In the black 'DOS box', type the following at the command line:

Net help user

The idea of the last command is just to observe the options for Net User.  In particular, examine the syntax to set the password.

The next instruction is the crucial command.  I have chosen password = p£ssworD, you may want to choose different characters.

Net user administrator p£ssw0rd

Net user administrator /active:yes

Check the message : The command completed successfully

Switch User, or logoff

Logon as Administrator  Password p£ssw0rD  (Your password may be different!)

Trap1:  There should be no space between the word 'active' and the colon.

    /active  :yes   is wrong.  

    /active:yes     is correct.

Trap2:  You need a forward slash before /active

     Net user administrator active:yes    is wrong

     Net user administrator /active:yes    is correct

Thanks to Rob Hilton for pointing out this trap.

Trapx:  Pay close attention to the command, it should be active, not activate.

I thank Ben O'Sullivan for correcting this activate --> active error.

Local Security Method to Enable the Administrator Account

Kindly sent in by Dave Waddell

If you prefer a simpler method, visit the Local Security policy, incidentally, this MMC is worth exploring in its own right.

This is how you navigate to the Local Security Policy.  

Firstly click on Vista's Start orb, then in the Start Search dialog box type: secpol.msc.  Note: you must include the .msc extension.

Secondly drill down to Local Policy, Security Options

Thirdly double click Accounts: Administrator account status, and select enable.

Answer 3

hi english, hit start>programs>accssories right click on the command prompt ou will see run as administrater. but it has been my experience that even though you run on administrater the computer has a secret file that will not let the user run on it because i don't know it is hard to figure out i set my computer to run as administrater but it still stopped me for some reason. good luuck hope i was helpful to you