How do I show my administrator account again in windows 7?

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  1. Posts : 4
    windows 7
       #1

    How do I show my administrator account again in windows 7?


    I was trying some stuff that other day and I made an account and made it administrator type and made another one with a standard user type, now the problem is I have hidden my administrator account and I can't bring back because I can't access nothing from this standard user account, everything that requires an administrator perdition just give me that message "DO YOU WANT TO ALLOW THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM TO MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR COMPUTER" there is OK and cancel but I can't press OK, I tried changing the dword value to one But it says I am not permitted or something like that, I tried going through dos But i couldn't it says access denied.
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #2

    Welcome to Seven Forums kotta91.
    Yes a standard user account is restricted from doing admin type tasks. Log out of the Standard account, log in to your admin account, that should do it.
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  3. Posts : 4
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    That's the problem, I have hidden it
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  4. Posts : 4
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Lemme rephrase this,I have hidden my administrator account and can't show it again
    not with dos, not with regedit, not with anything that requires administrator permition
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  5. Posts : 571
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #5

    kotta91:
    Welcome to the forums!

    1. Open a Command box with Admin Rights
    2. Type: net user administrator /active:yes

    That should do it!
    Hope this helps,
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  6. Posts : 4
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I can't open anything in admin rights
    You know the message that says
    DO you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer
    And down their is an OK and a CANCEL
    I Can't press OK i can only press cancel
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  7. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #7

    what does it show in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts?
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  8. Posts : 103
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit (Build 7600)
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  9. Posts : 571
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #9

    Disable UAC and try again.
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  10. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
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    rap33042 said:
    Disable UAC and try again.
    Right like that is going to help.

    Plan and simple, will either need to reinstall Windows, or use tool that boots outside of Windows that either allows you to edit the registry, unhide accounts, or can activate the built-in administrator account so you can undo your mistake. Those tools that allow such activities are beyond me as I've never made the mistake of locking myself out.
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