How to Enable and Disable Built-in Administrator account in Windows 8?

By default, the Administrator account is disabled in Windows 7 and Windows 8. Though the account you create during the setup, possess administrative rights, yet it might be necessary sometimes to perform tasks with Administrator account. There's actually no need to enable administrator account since you can execte programs that need administrative priviledges by simply right click and selecting Run as Administrator. For educational purpose it's better to learn how you can easily enable and disable Administrator account.

Process to Enable Administrator Account

Step 1: Search for Command Prompt in Start Menu. When you find it, Right click on it and select Run as Administrator. 

Step 2: Type the following command and press enter.

net user administrator /active:yes

It is important that you run command prompt as administrator else you will get error as shown below:

Now you can sign out and check. You will see your Administrator account enabled.

Process to Disable Administrator Account

Step 1: Search for Command Prompt in Start Menu. When you find it, Right click on it and select Run as Administrator. 

Step 2: Type the following command and press enter.

net user administrator /active:no

Hope this will be useful for you. If you have any queries please let me know.