Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable

oh thanks alot for the info. That guide really going and help

I have a problem,
I follow the steps in Method 2 and the command prompt says command completed when I type "net user administrator active:yes"
Yet when I log off the Extra Administrator account doesn't appear beside my other accounts. I have read the thread and cannot find a solution, HELP PLOX

fossil98 said:

I have a problem,
I follow the steps in Method 2 and the command prompt says command completed when I type "net user administrator active:yes"
Yet when I log off the Extra Administrator account doesn't appear beside my other accounts. I have read the thread and cannot find a solution, HELP PLOX

Take a look at Option two step 1. Open a elevated command prompt.

At my Windows 7 logon screen, there appear two icons. One is labeled Adminsitrator, the other is labeled with my name. I have been told that it is not a good idea to have the Administrator icon at the logon screen. I tried unsuccessfully to remove it this way:

1) I followed the instructions at
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html and opened an elevated command prompt showing c:\windows\system32, and then

2) at https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html, I followed the instructions at Option Two "Through a Elevated Command Prompt". item 3, and in the "elevated command prompt" I typed "net user administrator/active:no" and pressed ENTER.

But the Administrator icon remains.

What am I doing wrong? Have I completely screwed up? Thanks for your help.

It occurs to me that perhaps the better thing for me to do is protect the Adminstrator icon with a password. Does that make sense?

As suggested, I downloaded Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and ran a full scan twice. The first time came up with

Registry Keys Infected:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{1d4db7d2-6ec9-47a3-bd87-1e41684e07bb} (Adware.MyWebSearch) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

and the second time, it found nothing.

Did you enable that "Administrator" account?

As instructed at "https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/783-elevated-command-prompt.html", in the Start Menu search box, I typed "cmd", then right clicked on cmd (at top), and clicked on "Run as administrator".

That opened the elevated command prompt at c:\windows\system32, where I typed "net user administrator /active:no" and pressed ENTER.

That brought up this response: "The user name could not be found"

The administrator icon remains displayed on the logon page.