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Administrator Account that has seemingly disappeared from Windows 7

After installing Windows 7 you will see that the Administrator account has disappeared. If you have installed Windows 7 yourself, this is even more astonishing since during the installation you are actually asked to type in the password for the Administrator.

However, for security reasons, Microsoft has deactivated the Administrator account on your system.

So here’s how to get it back:

On Windows 7 Professional, you can activate the Administrator account in just a few mouse clicks:

Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.

Under Local Users and Groups open Users then right-click in the right-hand window on Administrator and choose Properties from the pop-up menu.

Here, remove the tick from Account is disabled and re-boot your computer. You will immediately be able to choose the Administrator Account to log in:

Simply remove the tick here

This procedure does not work if you are using the Home versions of Windows 7 because there is no local user management facility.

If you are using a Home version of Windows 7, activate the Administrator account using the NET command.

Click on Start > All Programs > Accessories.

Right-click on the Command Prompt, and choose Run as administrator from the pop-up menu.

Confirm the security request with Yes. In the Command Prompt, type in the following command: net user Administrator /active and press [Enter]

After re-booting the system you can use your Administrator account again.

Of course you can also deactivate the Administrator account – with the command net user Administrator /active:no