net user Administrator /active:yes activates account admin, not Admini


  1. yky
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    net user Administrator /active:yes activates account admin, not Admini


    I want to activate the default Administrator account. After I enter the command "net user Administrator /active:yes", an administrator account named "admin", not "Administrator", appears. Since what I want is Administrator, not admin, I try to change account name from admin to Administrator. I get an error message saying the account name Administrator already exists. Where is it? I wonder.

    Anyway, how do I activate the default administrator account Administrator? Thanks.
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  3. Posts : 6,285
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    Are you running from a Elevated Command prompt?
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  4. yky
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    Thank you for the reply. The method I used is the option 2 in the the reference you gave. However, the method did not activate the account "Administrator". It activated "admin". That is my problem.
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  5. yky
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    Ztruker said:
    Are you running from a Elevated Command prompt?
    Thank you for the reply.
    Yes. I right-click the "command prompt" in my Start menu and chose "Run as administrator" before issuing the "net user" command.
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  6. Posts : 6,285
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    What does net user show you (from elevated command prompt)?

    Does it list Administrator or admin?
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  7. yky
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    Thanks for the reply. I'll try it after finishing a trip.
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