How to Login as Administrator in Vista from Welcome Screen?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I had to run a command as Administrator in Vista. First I was looking if I can access Administrator account from the login welcome screen but unfortunately it is hidden. But you can enable with a simple tweak to show the Administrator account in the welcome screen.
So, how to login as Administrator in Vista from Welcome screen?
To enable this, you must enter the following command in the administrator mode. Type cmd in the Vista Start Run box and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter [See earlier post for more info: How to Run as Administrator in Vista Command Line]
To active Administrator account, type
net user Administrator /active:yes
To deactivate Administrator account, type
net user Administrator /active:no
[Via] Also see how to enable Guest Account in Vista.
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Thats a nice trick specially if you are a hostelite like me
dude that sucks i mad emy own cmd but ic ant run as adminstrator and shit it need amdinstrator accont pass word so i made my own but when i do that it says access denied can u help me plz
Doesn’t work, dude.
All you get is System error 5 or something.
Access denied.
This is for Vista Home Premium.
What’s the alternative to fix this “fiasco” (as I call it)?
Thanks in advance.
Sorry : I got “system error 5 has occurred Access is denied”
yeah!!
system 5 error!!!
yep system 5 error !! spend 2 entire days tryin to login as administrator. driving me crazy. Please please help ! xx
Worked perfectly for me. Thank you.
u have to type cmd in the bottom of start search right click on cmd and run as administrator then type what is posted here it will work
also get “Access denied” in Windows Home Vista - I have been using personal computers for over 30 years - Yes, I built my first one from an Altair kit and I have just spent 3 hours trying to login as Admin in Vista and have visted 18 web sites to try to get help - nothing works yet!!!!
I did that, but it says: Username doesn’t exist !!!
I need to get on to an Admin because of a .cfg file! PLZ help!
Make sure you right click on cmd and run as administrator prior to loading it, this could be why it doesn’t work for some of you?!
Administrator
might from that elevated CMD window type
net user
It will give a list of user names,,, see if the Administrator is showing. I believe I read somewhere that correct spelling and case counts on that account … And allows joey kiddie scripter access without a password once enabled. If you enable and password it and forget, someday you will regret it
Okay, I’m not really good with computers. What do i do once I typed to thing in. Is there a button I need to press? Cause, enter doesn’t work.