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LukaBaylor
Bronze Contributor
Apr 11, 2025

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?

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  • Advay-CMD's avatar
    Advay-CMD
    Copper 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

     

  • DessiJ's avatar
    DessiJ
    Brass 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.