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Login in as admin account but still needs password of another admin account
When I'm using the regular account and something needs admin authorization, it asks for the first account's password, but I just have the password of the other admin account.
Yes, I can click "more options" and select the other admin account, but that’s really annoying.
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Windows often prompts for the password of the account that originally authorized the action or the account that has permissions for that task. If your current account isn’t set as the primary admin or is a standard user, it might ask for credentials of a different admin account.
Run net user Administrator /active:yes at the command prompt to enable the hidden administrator account, and after reboot you can log in without a password and reset the permissions of other accounts.
