Solved Admin Account is Disabled in Win 7 - Is There a Fix?

[pilk00]

The user account I normally use is called ". Don't know how that happened, but I always seemed to have admin rights with this account. I could install and uninstall programs, for instance.

Now I cannot uninstall a program with either of my "normal" accounts. I ran the Belarc Advisor which indicates both are admin accounts and also shows the "built-in" admin account is disabled (if I'm reading it right).

I've tried using an advanced command prompt to activate the admin account. Didn't work. I'm wondering if there's a registry fix I can do in Safe Mode or something like that.

Thanks for any suggestions. I'm hoping I don't have to re-image. One piece of advice I've already received is I should switch to Windows Professional 64x.

 

[Ztruker]

So from a Elevated Command Prompt, you are entering

net use administrator /active:yes

but it's not working?

Try doing it from Safe Mode.

 

[pilk00]

It Worked!

Thank you so much, Ztruker!

pilk00

 

[Berton]

Just a note, that account is hidden by default by Windows. You can rehide it by typing
net use administrator /active:no
All recommendations I've seen is to do so after making necessary changes, intended to help protect Windows.