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Old 04-19-2007   #1 (permalink)
Carl G


 
 

Hidden Admin Acount

Hi Guys
If you enable the hidden administrator account In Vista , How can you
disable it ?
I enabeled it just to check it out and see what it does compared to my
regular Admin. account.
How do I disable it back to the hidden state.
Thanks

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Carl G


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Old 04-19-2007   #2 (permalink)
Charlene Shepard [MSFT]


 
 

Re: Hidden Admin Acount

Hi Carl, to disable the account do the following:

1. Click Start, type lusrmgr.msc in the search box, and then press ENTER.
2. Double-click Users.
3. Double-click Administrator, select the Account is disabled checkbox, and then click OK.

Charlene

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Charlene Shepard
Windows User Assistance Team
Microsoft Corporation

"Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote in message news:%23sWvQrjgHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys
> If you enable the hidden administrator account In Vista , How can you
> disable it ?
> I enabeled it just to check it out and see what it does compared to my
> regular Admin. account.
> How do I disable it back to the hidden state.
> Thanks
>
> --
> Carl G
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-19-2007   #3 (permalink)
Carl G


 
 

Re: Hidden Admin Acount

Hi Charlene,
I guess I should have mentioned which Vista I am running.
Home Premium is what I am using , and when I try your suggestion it says this snapin doesn't work with this version of windows.
There are no options in control panel to do anything to disable.
Anymore suggestions I can try.
Thanks

--
Carl G
"Charlene Shepard [MSFT]" <cshepard@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C00DA493-F56C-427F-AE57-1F3781316681@microsoft.com...
Hi Carl, to disable the account do the following:

1. Click Start, type lusrmgr.msc in the search box, and then press ENTER.
2. Double-click Users.
3. Double-click Administrator, select the Account is disabled checkbox, and then click OK.

Charlene

--
Charlene Shepard
Windows User Assistance Team
Microsoft Corporation

"Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote in message news:%23sWvQrjgHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi Guys
> If you enable the hidden administrator account In Vista , How can you
> disable it ?
> I enabeled it just to check it out and see what it does compared to my
> regular Admin. account.
> How do I disable it back to the hidden state.
> Thanks
>
> --
> Carl G
>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-19-2007   #4 (permalink)
Jesper


 
 

Re: Hidden Admin Acount

1. Click the Window button
2. Click All Programs
3. Click Accessories
4. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator...
5. Elevate
6. In the command line window type:
net user administrator /active:no
and hit enter

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"Carl G" wrote:

> Hi Charlene,
> I guess I should have mentioned which Vista I am running.
> Home Premium is what I am using , and when I try your suggestion it says this snapin doesn't work with this version of windows.
> There are no options in control panel to do anything to disable.
> Anymore suggestions I can try.
> Thanks
>
> --
> Carl G
> "Charlene Shepard [MSFT]" <cshepard@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C00DA493-F56C-427F-AE57-1F3781316681@microsoft.com...
> Hi Carl, to disable the account do the following:
>
> 1. Click Start, type lusrmgr.msc in the search box, and then press ENTER.
> 2. Double-click Users.
> 3. Double-click Administrator, select the Account is disabled checkbox, and then click OK.
>
> Charlene
>
> --
> Charlene Shepard
> Windows User Assistance Team
> Microsoft Corporation
>
> "Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote in message news:%23sWvQrjgHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Guys
> > If you enable the hidden administrator account In Vista , How can you
> > disable it ?
> > I enabeled it just to check it out and see what it does compared to my
> > regular Admin. account.
> > How do I disable it back to the hidden state.
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Carl G
> >

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 04-20-2007   #5 (permalink)
Carl G


 
 

Re: Hidden Admin Acount

Thank you Jasper , That did the trick.
I was kinda thinking about that (doing just the oposite for enable) But I
was kinda leary to try.
Thanks again

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Carl G

"Jesper" <Jesper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3ADA218E-AA99-4B82-8218-AC0898F4A96B@microsoft.com...
> 1. Click the Window button
> 2. Click All Programs
> 3. Click Accessories
> 4. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator...
> 5. Elevate
> 6. In the command line window type:
> net user administrator /active:no
> and hit enter
>
> ---
> Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20
>
>
> "Carl G" wrote:
>
>> Hi Charlene,
>> I guess I should have mentioned which Vista I am running.
>> Home Premium is what I am using , and when I try your suggestion it says
>> this snapin doesn't work with this version of windows.
>> There are no options in control panel to do anything to disable.
>> Anymore suggestions I can try.
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Carl G
>> "Charlene Shepard [MSFT]" <cshepard@online.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:C00DA493-F56C-427F-AE57-1F3781316681@microsoft.com...
>> Hi Carl, to disable the account do the following:
>>
>> 1. Click Start, type lusrmgr.msc in the search box, and then press
>> ENTER.
>> 2. Double-click Users.
>> 3. Double-click Administrator, select the Account is disabled checkbox,
>> and then click OK.
>>
>> Charlene
>>
>> --
>> Charlene Shepard
>> Windows User Assistance Team
>> Microsoft Corporation
>>
>> "Carl G" <cgerving@msnDOTcom> wrote in message
>> news:%23sWvQrjgHHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi Guys
>> > If you enable the hidden administrator account In Vista , How can you
>> > disable it ?
>> > I enabeled it just to check it out and see what it does compared to

>> my
>> > regular Admin. account.
>> > How do I disable it back to the hidden state.
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > --
>> > Carl G
>> >


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