In this post, we will show you how to disable or enable the hidden super built-in Administrator account in Windows 11/10 using the command line. It is similar to the root account in Unix. In Windows ...

As most of you know, Windows by default has an administrator account with the same exact name “Administrator.” This administrator account is superior to all other user accounts in your Windows system ...

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, Greg Shultz explains how you can activate and use the real Administrator account in Microsoft Windows 7. As you know, the User Account Control (UAC) ...

For pretty much every change you wish to make to your PC, you are asked to run the respective program as administrator. If the administrator account is disabled in Windows 10, you cannot log in. We'll ...

While Windows usually sets the first user on a PC as the administrator, there are a variety of reasons and ways to change the administrator in Windows. Whether you’re adding new administrator-level ...

Sometimes, we need to launch applications on our system with elevated privileges. We can do so by selecting the Run as Administrator option in the right-click context menu for a particular application ...

Microsoft announced Administrator protection for Windows 11 as part of the Windows Resiliency Initiative at Ignite 2024 in November. At the time, this new feature targeted only commercial customers, ...

Running a program as an administrator is necessary to maintain full functionality in some scenarios. However, remembering to do so each you launch an app can be a hassle. Running a command in Command ...

In early June, Computerworld published the story, “Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won’t Like About Windows Vista.” At the bottom of page 5 of that story, I wrote that the built-in Administrator account is ...