Is there a way to enable the built-in administrator without admin?


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Is there a way to enable the built-in administrator without admin?


    Sorry the title limit was too short.

    Basically what I was wondering is:

    Is there a way to enable the built-in elevated administrator without logging on to a current admin account and without having to ender the admin password?

    e.g. from the welcome screen or from a standard user account.

    I am on windows 7 home premium 64 bit.

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 72,049
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello japb, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    You could try METHOD II in the tutorial below to see if may allow you to.

    Built-in Administrator - Enable from WinRE
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Unfortunately that requires an administrator password.
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  4. Posts : 630
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
       #4

    Is this what your looking for? Enable Windows Super Administrator Account
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  5. Posts : 2,468
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #5

    Basically, no, there is no direct way to do that.
    Changing anything from any user account besides your own requires administrator permissions, this includes creating/deleting/enabling/disabling any other account. The only change you can most times do is to change your own password.

    The options would include to tamper the user database from an external OS, or tampering with a few specific executables to get elevated permissions from the login screen.
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  6. Posts : 72,049
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    Brink said:
    Hello japb, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    You could try METHOD II in the tutorial below to see if may allow you to.

    Built-in Administrator - Enable from WinRE
    japb said:
    Unfortunately that requires an administrator password.
    Not if you boot from your Windows 7 installation media to open a command prompt at boot using Shift+F10.
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