Looking for your Administrator Login in Vista? (Tip by Dave Kahlbaugh)

If you ever need to log on to Vista as an administrator, but the admin account doesn't appear anywhere, this should fix it where you can see the account.

HOW TO: Enable the build-in Administrator account in Windows Vista (applies to any other user)

MORE INFORMATION: To enable the build-in Administrator account, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
2. In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator.
3. When you are prompted by User Account Control, click Continue.
4. At the command prompt, type net user administrator /active:yes, and then press ENTER.
5. Type net user administrator , and then press ENTER.Note: Please replace the tag with your passwords which you want to set to administrator account.
6. Type exit, and then press ENTER.
7. Log off the current user account.

-- Dave Kahlbaugh

Systems Engineer

MCSE/A, CCNA,VCP, A+

Big Sur Technologies

http://www.bigsurtech.com/