How to setup and enable an Administrator Account in windows 8 and 8.1

What is an Administrator Account?

An Administrator account is a User account that will enable you to make changes that will affect other Users.

Administrators can change the systems security settings, install new software and hardware and access all the files on the system.

Administrators can also make changes to other User accounts.

Windows 8 allows multiple users to share the same computer using different accounts. Each User can have their own location to store personal information such as documents, pictures, videos, saved games, and other files. Multiple accounts also plays a strong role in Windows Security.

Windows 8 introduced the ability to create and login as a Local account or as a Microsoft account.

A Local Account is an account that is local to your computer and is not integrated into any of Microsoft's online services.

A Microsoft Account used to be known as your Windows Live ID, its an online account that you register with Microsoft and it allows you to integrate all of Microsoft's- online services into Windows 8.

Note: These services include the Windows Store, SkyDrive, Calendar, Hotmail, and the ability to synch your account settings and preferences to other Windows 8 systems you may use.

Ultimately, there is no wrong choice when selecting the type of account to use as you have the ability to switch between a Microsoft account and a local account at any time.

If your issue is repeated prompts by the system for permission to carry out system tasks, then you may want to check out the article below and see if this resolves your issue instead.-

Method I

Open an elevated command prompt and then proceed to either step 2 or 3 depending on what you need to achieve.

The easiest way to get to this is by either moving the cursor to the bottom left hand side of the screen and right clicking on the start button displayed or by pressing the win+x keys together and then choosing Command Prompt from the menu that appears.

To Enable the Built-in Administrator Account in Windows 8 type net user administrator /active:yes in the elevated command prompt and press Enter. Jump to step 4 when complete.

Note: If you have renamed the built-in "Administrator" account's name at any point, then you will need to substitute "administrator" in the command with the new name instead.

Select Administrator: Command Prompt

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C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator /active:yes

The command completed successfully.

C:\Windows\system32>

To Disable the Built-in Administrator Account in Windows 8 type net user administrator /active:no in the elevated command prompt and press Enter. Proceed to step 4.

Select Administrator: Command Prompt

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C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator /active:no

The command completed successfully.

C:\Windows\system32>

Close the elevated command prompt.

The built-in Administrator will now be available to select to log into.

Setting up a new Administrator Account

Open Control Panel from the Start menu

The easiest way to get to this is by either moving the cursor to the bottom left hand side of the screen and right clicking on the start button displayed or by pressing the win+x keys together and then choosing Control Panel from the menu that appears.

Click on the User Account icon.

Click Manage another account.

Click Create a new account.

Type the name you want to give the User account and choose Administrator.

Click Create Account.

Your new account has now been created