One pleasant side-effect of logging on with this super account is that you are not prompted for the annoying UAC dialog box. I will show you how to activate ‘The Administrator’ account by typing a ‘Net User’ command.
The reason is that Administrator is already in the SAM database, you just need to turn it on. However, while you can call such accounts Jo, Fred or even TechieAdmin, you cannot call them Administrator. Terminology check: I am talking about an account that you don’t normally see in Windows 8 called ‘Administrator’.Īs you may already know, you can create other accounts in the Control Panel which have administrative privileges, and are members of the Local Administrators group.
How to Activate Windows 8’s Hidden Administrator Account