How to enable the administrator account in Windows 10

You can limit how much a user can do in Windows by switching on the built-in Administrator account, then downgrading the user's account to a standard user.
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[@connief2679]

Simple, clear instructions. Very helpful. Thank you.

[@cyndlou9903]

Thank you!!! I was unable to access anything on my Admin account and this video helped me tremendously. Once I was able to create another account I was not able to do anything so went under services under Task Manager and voila! This video was so helpful.

[@n19ence]

Thanks Dave for being clear and to the point , your style is great for teaching ....

[@richardcrump4786]

Excellent tutorial and very clear - thank you very much!

[@markyap4755]

Thanks so much. Just what I need to know. Especially lots of "junk help" on the web

[@seratoneo7276]

Thankyou men! Hope you'll make more videos.

[@TieDyedShawn]

Thank you. You just helped me to get into my Pastors mothers (She past) computer. She had it locked down tight! I was able to turn on the default Administrator account and get to her files for him.

[@ahmedabugheda6594]

Thank you dave from egypt ❤

[@lewato]

Very helpful tutorial. Thank you.

[@johnreece1415]

Now I understand what being administrator means.. thank you.

[@juliemoore728]

Thanks Dave. You're very helpful.

[@joshuavazquez9772]

Very helpful video!

[@sanjaydj5576]

Amazing. Thanks Dave.

[@gothtify9235]

Thank you so much kind sir!

[@wisdomcletusokonna2803]

Thanks bro! Your video helped solved my problem. I sincerely appreciate.

[@ansonm6298]

Good information for me.thank you very much

[@iamnewnotreally]

thank you so much only 1 minute in and I fixed my memory issue! ( the files that I needed to delete needed administrator)

[@AkaneElf]

Thank you it still works in 2022!

[@tuzaxbro]

YOUR THE F**KING BEST GUY IN THE UNIVERSE THAT I EVEN BOOKMARKED YOU

[@thotheuthua]

So great. Thank u so much

[@ren7035]

thanks for the big help

[@VishalGupta-lz2ke]

Very helpful

[@drebue7065]

The only tutorial thay is straight to the point and very clear!

[@quakerboats9840]

This dude explains and demonstrates things the best. Thank you so much, Dave!

[@catherinewarner6399]

Very well said

[@csabasoos5369]

Hi Dave. But PowerShell doesn't even give me the yes option. Only no option is given to me. And it is the same with all these sorts where administrator stuff is involved

[@ahmadtayeh9138]

I have the same problem, it only gives me the no option

[@mamtapmp]

My also please help me

[@balanced2457]

Powershell admin

[@ynamaambong8453]

I encountered the same problem. It says, "to continue, enter an admin username and password"

[@ginevramargaglia6937]

same

[@AasifHameedBadana]

Thank you sir

[@menakabharathidasan8105]

Thank you

[@anonymoushacker..4414]

Thank u so much

[@DavesTechRescue]

Are you an admin? I hope this video helped you!

[@tanvirasef3553]

I mistakenly UNCHECKED the option 'users must enter a username and password to use this computer' Now I can't go back as an administrator. Any solution ?

[@crystaxane]

Hi dave got 1 question want to clarify as you have mentioned in windows 10 by default main user account is administrator. So is it mandatory that i have to turned on. The reason i am asking if i don't turned-in the hidden administrator account will i be still able to monitor the activities of the other accounts like family one if i had added my child account so i can put some restrictions like by mistake my child would not be able to access the control panel to avoid any discrepancies like deleting program.

[@vijaysai5457]

@@tanvirasef3553 same

[@vijaysai5457]

@@tanvirasef3553 do u find any solution

[@tanvirasef3553]

@@vijaysai5457 No man. I had to set up new windows.

[@appellantspark7773]

Nice Good work!

[@paulineyoung7577]

thank you

[@mohammedbekkaoui6009]

Thank u

[@JesusBride35]

it says access is denied

[@killaman_gaming4741]

user account control dont work for me help also access denied

[@AbhishekSingh-zp3zv]

Thanku

[@hnogueira90]

Hi I messed around with this and removed admin ownership from HDD.
How do I revert that back to original?
Wanted to place back the original admin, but it seems I can only do it with leaving "From this locatioN" as my computer. How do I solve that?

[@marinamarina6687]

How to remove this? Basically how to solve when you forget your password or your laptop is just yours and you don’t need anymore to control the computer for someone else?

[@pandeni4512]

if i create a new account and make that one the administrator account, can I still use my personal files and apps? and if I do this will my windows updater show in new account? coz the current one is just blank. Not even a single word on there

[@chumajilaji]

Umathile dave.😂❤

[@thivagharan]

Dave's Tech Rescue should make another video on how to remove this built in Administrator account!, Period. Activation of the built in Administrator account could lead to the account being locked and users need to find another way to get it unlocked.

[@DemonGamer3001]

Thanks from germany

[@anshusingh7910]

I am unable to reset my PC it showing error "could not find recovery environment"
Please help

[@hauptfachhauptfach6202]

It says something about dns i cannot sign in to any accounts im stuck on sign in menu i need help

[@bravvxbrah]

but what if it says access denied?

[@minaemad7588]

I want to ask a question i made my self not admin before i typed the command and now i do not know what to do i can't open any thing can i try to make a new Microsoft account

[@Antnj81]

I'm on Windows 10 and I did what you said, but when I right click the start menu, it doesn't show a Powershell option

[@seratoneo7276]

Powershell admin or Command prompt admin is the same

[@mariemacfhionghuin11]

@@seratoneo7276 PowerShell is just a newer version of CMD that is able to do more, but this line of code is a CMD command, it'll work fine. Personally, I prefer CMD over PowerShell due to its legacy nature, I don't need a prompt that can do any more than what CMD does for me.

[@sharatht1391]

Dear frd ls there any possibility to enable administrator account using narmal user this user don't have admin permission.

[@CJbuster]

sir i cant get into powershell cuz the yes button is greyed out. Pls help i dont know what to do

[@xeotic4005]

i disabled my administrator but now when i try to run something as administrator and it asks for password but the only option i can do is No
Help me!!!!!!!!!

[@lydiar1549]

When I click on ...Power shell(Admin) the box that comes up only has the NO option, unlike yours, having YES & NO. Mine used to. I haven't a clue what I did or what to do ...??!! WAaaaa

[@224raps]

Sammeee

[@EmkayZ0]

when I try to sign in it says The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted and I recently reset my computer is there a way to fix this?

[@thivagharan]

I cant seem to delete the administrator account, it still prompts as two accounts

[@ParadiseVids]

What if you don’t want a password attached? I’ll never remember it. How do you bypass setting up a password?

[@notthesamepersoniwasfourmi5182]

You could always just click “run as administrator” instead of doing all of this extra stuff…

[@corupted643]

right so im stuck in administrator so im watching this so i can reverse the steps haha big massive brain ik
edit : it work help dave

[@chessguru900]

on mine after typing these in cmd it comes up with a message the user name can not be found.

[@MaybeAnonymous.]

what if u want to make ur own account administrator?

[@thivagharan]

Built-in administrator can't be truly removed from your Windows 10 system, but can be disabled and hidden.

[@mariolovenjak5696]

I click on the powershell thing a d nothing happenes

[@ahmadfnu1460]

I need help i don't have power shell

[@redmist78]

See when i do to powershell, i DONT have a yes button, just a no. Im stuck.

[@srinivasjonnallagadda1834]

Its not running in revers anyhelp?

[@user-kv5qn9ve2r]

I just need to get an email account finished setting up I didn't know about it until I had a rewArd gift card from Amazon on it

[@kenkoh1724]

Is this how to prevent hackers or viruses?

[@mrbaconfearsucks838]

it keeps saying username could not be found

[@sonnytv3309]

Why my powershell has no yes command

[@domenzaloznik848]

yes same how did you fix it

[@224raps]

Same bro any1 got a soloution?

[@HabibUrRahman-mu8zf]

3:52 I disabled my administrator account without performing the first step what to do. I can't install or use task manager

[@stepbrojahyo9678]

did you fix it and if you did how it happening to me

[@HabibUrRahman-mu8zf]

@@stepbrojahyo9678i gave it to technician he fixed it.

[@markdavidoania3870]

Net user administrator /active:yes
Access denied. What to do?

[@briankozub1182]

You need to run PowerShell as Administrator. Right-click on PowerShell and select 'Run as administrator'.

[@fordranger3713]

​@@briankozub1182 After doing that mine still says "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You May not have the appropriate permissions to access the item" is there anyway to fix this?

[@CJbuster]

also cannot type the password
i dont know where to type

[@casshassan8275]

I can’t swap to it

[@ItsMeAminesz]

they say the user could not be found or smthing like this

[@KMOVI3]

My computer is saying access denied 😢plz help me plz

[@diormania]

i need help bc my dad removed all other accounts with admin and removed the main acc from being an admin which leaves the computer not having admin accounts and i was not able to run anything as admin and give myself admin so if u could, please help me (he told me the password btw)

[@superaccel1560]

i cant how to right click

[@geofffalk4994]

I have to say I found this video very confusing! I'm going to have to view it several times.............but at the moment I don't understand!

[@ThunderBeastAviation]

Cool hack

[@gamergirl2universe]

It didn't work! MINE SAID ERROR *5* HAS OCCURRED!!!

[@spiderinvr6303]

use run as administrator

[@jail8011]

It’s says denied

[@MoinKhan-ju7cb]

Same here

[@adityauikey09]

But access denied

[@HelenaCeciliaEaster]

Access was denied and I got an error

[@devdoge1226]

keeps saying acess denied

[@ismahanali6965]

but i dont have admin

[@macjonesfan7215]

Is he using VM ??????

[@gigachad8639]

acces denied:/

[@natnaelassefa346]

Thank you so much now i can make my sisters don't use my pc

[@DavesTechRescue]

Haha use your powers wisely 😂

[@iamjavae658]

Access denied instantly 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@macjonesfan7215]

Why is his computer lagging

[@dontaebowie1442]

meanwhile me trying to disable it

[@ML-du8ie]

Access denied 😡

[@nicholasavery5205]

2:28

[@voovin]

You need the password

[@cassandra9581]

For anyone getting access denied: when you search for power shell, right click it and run it as administrator

[@gavintappenden6568]

I'm getting the exact same thing or it doesn't allow me to say yes to the option of "making changes to this PC"

[@isabellanwosu3694]

@@gavintappenden6568please have you solved this issue? I’m stuck here😭, please help out🙏🏾

[@turbothecat2021]

Access denied, bad video

[@Mercc2]

bro u serious how do i open powershell with admin without having admin