Make Windows 7 without an administrator


  1. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 PE 32bit
       #1

    Make Windows 7 without an administrator


    During the Windows 7 installation create a useraccount, let say USER1. This user is an "administrator" by default now.
    You will call your computer PC-NAME
    After installation keep the pc in a workgroup (so do not add the computer to a domain)
    Now log on to your computer as: PC-NAME\USER1
    Now create a new account: USER2 and do not add a password to this user
    USER2 will be a regular, normal user, without administrator right or any other special permissions.
    Now, add your computer PC-NAME to a domain. You will add your computer PC-NAME to (for example) the domain ABC.
    Now restart your computer.
    Now your pc is a member of the domain ABC.
    At this point you will log in your computer locally as: PC-NAME\USER1
    When you are logged in as PC-NAME\USER1 you have administrator rights to disable your current account.
    So you will disable PC-NAME\USER1 and you will see that by default PC-NAME\Administrator is also already disabled.
    So when both PC-NAME\USER1 and PC-NAME\Administrator are disabled, you will restart your computer.
    When your computer is back on you are asked to log in again.

    Try to log in as a local user with administrator rights! For as far as I know, you have a computer without a accessable administrator account.
    Can you get the administrator enabled again?
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  2. Posts : 1,127
    Win7U 64 RTM
       #2

    You could try to enable the built-in hidden admin account:

    Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable

    James
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  3. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 PE 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi James,

    I tried to enable the built-in hidden administrator account, but you need administrator rights to enable an administrator account. So currently I have 3 accounts on my computer:

    (disabled account) Built-in hidden administrator (I did not configure a password)
    (disabled account) USER1 = account with administrator rights (I configured a password)
    (enabled account) USER2 = account without administrator rights (I did not configure a password)

    So I cannot activate the built-in hidden administrator account when logged in as USER2. Is there any way to get my administrator account back working?
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 1,261
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit SP1
       #4

    pedro1985 said:
    Hi James,

    I tried to enable the built-in hidden administrator account, but you need administrator rights to enable an administrator account. So currently I have 3 accounts on my computer:

    (disabled account) Built-in hidden administrator (I did not configure a password)
    (disabled account) USER1 = account with administrator rights (I configured a password)
    (enabled account) USER2 = account without administrator rights (I did not configure a password)

    So I cannot activate the built-in hidden administrator account when logged in as USER2. Is there any way to get my administrator account back working?
    "Adminstrator" is disabled by default, so the question is: How did you manage to disable the only other existing administrator account (USER1)?
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  5. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 PE 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    It was very easy to disable the only administrator account. Windows 7 did not prompt me that I was about to disable the only administrator account. It just did what I asked without warning me.

    Thing was, I thought that USER2 was an administrator, but afterwards turned out I made a mistake and made USER2 just a regular user. So was then left without an enabled administrator account.
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  6. Posts : 1,800
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
       #6

    It looks to me that you might be Out of Luck without a paddle.

    Time for a complete re-install of windows. Reformat and install.
    Rich
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  7. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 PE 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Yeah, I have already reinstalled the system now. Too bad, but good lesson for next time. Thanks for the replies.
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