Hello,
of course, you need to hit Enter
So: Right-click cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator".
Type in
net user administrator /active:no
and hit Enter .
It should work now.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
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"65chevelle" <65chevelle@xxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Quote:
> Hi, Nothing means it does not remove the administrator account or disable
> it, It still shows on the welcome screen and is still active, I tried
> running
> the way you said "run as administrator" and it says 'cannot find user' if
> I
> take out the 'net' it seems to accept it, but again nothing happens, maybe
> I'm doing it wrong? After I type in net user etc should I just close it or
> should I hit enter to activate the command.
>
> "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> what does "does nothing" mean? Any error message, or just nothing done?
>> Try re-executing the command with an elevated command prompt: Right-click
>> cmd.exe, select "Run as administrator" and write that again.
>>
>> Hope it will work now.
>> Greetings,
>> P. Di Stolfo
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>> "65chevelle" <65chevelle@xxxxxx> schrieb im
>> Newsbeitrag
>> news:7C7A4484-CFA2-4C3F-B96D-34153A8290F0@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I am running Vista Ultimate and somehow I now have a new account called
>> > Administrator that shows up on my login screen, How do I get rid of
>> > this?
>> > I
>> > have tried going to the command prompt C:\Windows\System32> and typed
>> > in '
>> > net user administrator /active:no but this does nothing, In user
>> > accounts
>> > it
>> > won't let me remove it, Any Ideas ! Could some help.
>>