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Why do I now have My account and Administrator account on startup?
I've been diddling with my new computer build and just noticed that on the left bottom of the screen after startup, there is an icon with my name, and another with "Administrator". I clicked the Administrator icon and the machine started with none of my programs and settings. At some point I was trying to find how to assign my account/profile(?) with administrator privileges on start up as I am the the sole user of this machine. I'm wondering if I inadvertently made an account called Administrator. How do I make my account the only one on the computer and it have administrator privileges on startup?
4 Replies
- Advay-CMDCopper Contributor
Hello, 👋
If you want to disable the administrator account do the following -
In your account open CMD as Administrator
Type
net user Administrator /active:no - this should disable the account
OR
Do windows + R for run
type control
Goto user accounts
Click manage accounts
Find the option to disable or delete administrator
Hope this helps
Hello,
Looks like you've built-in admin account enabled.
Try any one of methods here to turn it off:
https://www.kapilarya.com/disable-built-in-administrator-account-in-windows-11
Let us know if this helps!
Note: Included link in this reply refers to blog post by a trusted Microsoft MVP.
- Ahmed_Masoud97Steel Contributor
You can use this command to disable the local admin
net user Administrator /active:no
Best
Ahmed Masoud
- DessiJBrass Contributor
Administrator is a hidden account on every Windows machine, created automatically, same as the Guest account.
To check if your account has administrator privileges, you can right click on This PC and choose Manage (if you're on Windows 11, you will have to click Show more options to see the Manage button). This will open Computer Management, choose Local Users and Groups, double click the Users folder, right click your user and choose Properties, in the window that opens choose the tab Member Of - if you see Administrators written there, then your account has administrator privileges.
As to how to hide the Administrator account from the login page, https://superuser.com/questions/1365614/hide-administrator-account-from-windows-login-screen - it involves making changes in the Registry Editor.