Uploaded July 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video shows how to enable the Built-in administrator account on Windows 10.

Full tutorial: avoiderrors.net/?p=29593

By default Windows 10 comes with a pre-installed administrator account, but for security purposes its disabled.

To enable the Windows 10 administrator account do the following: Run command prompt as admin and enter the following commands

net user administrator /active:yes

Create a password:

net user administrator *

Here is the command to disable it:

net user administrator /active:no