Activate Administrator account on Win 7

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Activate Administrator account on Win 7

Postby viking60 » 08 Aug 2010, 16:58

Open the command prompt
with elevated privileges by clicking the Start orb, All Programs, Accessories, right-click Command Prompt and then select Run as administrator.
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net user administrator /active:yes
and then press Enter.
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Re: Activate Administrator account on Win 7

Postby dedanna1029 » 08 Aug 2010, 17:53

Even though it's a Win tip, it's still a tip. LOL.
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Re: Activate Administrator account on Win 7

Postby viking60 » 08 Aug 2010, 18:10

OK I didn't want to "pollute" the tips section with it. But you are right of course.
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Re: Activate Administrator account on Win 7

Postby dedanna1029 » 26 Aug 2015, 19:16

LMAO. I should've come back to this one ages ago! Hahahahaaaaa!
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Re: Activate Administrator account on Win 7

Postby dedanna1029 » 26 Aug 2015, 19:21

Somehow, one of these days when I go to Scotland, I should find a way to go to Norway too. We should sit down and have a few beers, and laugh our asses off!

"'pollute' the tips section with it."

LMAO

Cheers! :cheers
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html


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