Hidden Administrator Account

Earlier versions of Windows have a built in administrator account that is enabled by default. Windows Vista disables the administrator account. This is one of the security practice that Microsoft has put into Windows Vista.

There are times when you may need to use an administrator account. For example: if you inadvertently removed administrative privileges from all user accounts and can not perform administrative tasks.

Below is how you can enable it:

1. Left click Start Orb
2. Type cmd in the Search box
3. Find the cmd.exe program
4. Right click cmd.exe and click Run As Administrator
5. At the command prompt, type net users administrator /active:yes
6. Press Enter
7. Log off and now you can log back on with the Administrator account.
   
8. When first activated, it will not have a password. You should give the Administrator account a password.
   

NOTE: The above steps should be done before you get into trouble. Once you delete the administrative rights to all your user accounts. you are going to be in trouble.