Comments on: Enable the (Hidden) Administrator Account in Windows Vista

By: Ray W.

Ray W. — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:57:37 +0000

I’m assuming you are running Windows Vista, yes?

I’ve tested the method above on several Windows Vista computers all of which were successful.

One thing that may prevent this from working is if the computer has been joined to a corporate network/domain which employs group polices to prevent changes like this from being made. Even if the computer is no longer joined to that domain, some of these polices may still exist.

The Guest account in Windows Vista is turned off by default. So unless you or someone else has enabled this, I’m not sure how you have managed to log in as a guest.

I suggest you create a new account on the computer, log into that account, and disable the Guest account. The Guest account is very restrictive and this could be another reason why this command wont work.

That said, make sure that you right click on the Command Prompt icon and select “Run as administrator”. This should allow you to run the command regardless of who you are logged in as.

Hope this helps!

By: K Y

K Y — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:41:23 +0000

and hey,i notice that i dont have the usual C:\users\AL on my cmd. instead,i have here C:\users\AL.AL-PC…

by the way,before these happened, i accidentally changed the SID on my computer,,.i tried to run the app back and change the SID prior to my old one,but nothing happened…

By: K Y

K Y — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:38:56 +0000

yes..it appears after i hit enter.

and,one thing,i tried to look at control panel and see what i account i have.i found out that im using a guest account now which i didnt create.

and,i tried to look at my computer too. the memorydisk space i had before this thing happened is still the same. so it means i still have the files.

please help me… :((

By: Ray W.

Ray W. — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:26:52 +0000

Does the “access denied” error message appear when trying to open the command prompt or after you type in “net user administrator /active:yes” ?

By: K Y

K Y — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:02:32 +0000

I followed what you said on what to do with the command promopt..but i get an error,it said access is denied.

can you help me on this?

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