There is a local administrator account in Windows 10. You can’t see this account because it’s inactive Generally, most users will not need this account. An administrator account may be required to solve some problems.
You might say this.
– The account I’m using is already an administrator account. Why would I need an administrator user?
Yes, you are right.
Your account with administrator permissions is almost the same as the administrator account. But almost.
There is only one important difference between them is “UAC — User Account Control“.
You do not have UAC feature.
– Ohh! What is this UAC? Would you mind to explain?
It is an application that is necessary for the security of the operating system. It prevents unauthorized updates and changes in the system. When some applications are installed on the system, it understands that the installation will be done automatically and performs a confirmation prompt. This prompts the user for confirmation to verify the installation process and then continue.
Administrator account can be activated or deactivated in 3 different ways.
Administrator account can be activated or deactivated in 3 different ways.
First: Computer Management
Run the computer management application. To open computer management use Windows+X keys. Also you can open by different ways. In the “Local Users And Groups” branch, select the “Users” branch. On the right, you will see the administrator account. Right click on that account to open properties window. In the window that opens, on the General tab, there is a selection of “Account is disabled”. It is necessary to deselect to activate, to select to deactivate.
Second: With Command
Run Command Prompt as administrator
To activate, type the code below and press the “Enter” key.
net user Administrator / active:yes
To deactivate, type the code below and press the “Enter” key.
net user Administrator / active:no
Third: PowerShell
Run the PowerShell application as an administrator.
To activate, type the code below and press the “Enter” key.
Get-LocalUser -Name “Administrator” | Enable-LocalUser
To deactivate, type the code below and press the “Enter” key.
Get-LocalUser -Name “Administrator” | Disable-LocalUser
After the activation process, you can switch to the Administrator user by changing the account.
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