Admistrator Account

[Guest]

I am running Vista Ultimate and somehow I now have a new account called
Administrator that shows up on my login screen, How do I get rid of this? I
have tried going to the command prompt C:\Windows\System32> and typed in '
net user administrator /active:no but this does nothing, In user accounts it
won't let me remove it, Any Ideas ! Could some help.

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

what does "does nothing" mean? Any error message, or just nothing done?
Try re-executing the command with an elevated command prompt: Right-click
cmd.exe, select "Run as administrator" and write that again.

Hope it will work now.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Guest]

Hi, Nothing means it does not remove the administrator account or disable
it, It still shows on the welcome screen and is still active, I tried running
the way you said "run as administrator" and it says 'cannot find user' if I
take out the 'net' it seems to accept it, but again nothing happens, maybe
I'm doing it wrong? After I type in net user etc should I just close it or
should I hit enter to activate the command.

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,
of course, you need to hit Enter
So: Right-click cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator".
Type in
net user administrator /active:no
and hit Enter .
It should work now.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

 

[Guest]

Hi this is what I get Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator/active:no
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]


C:\Windows\system32> It is still There and on the welcome screen

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

there is a blank space after 'administrator', as in

net user administrator /active:no

..
It's extremely important, because the command isn't processed correctly
without it.


Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Hi this is what I get Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator/active:no
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]


C:\Windows\system32> It is still There and on the welcome screen

Hello,
of course, you need to hit Enter
So: Right-click cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator".
Type in
net user administrator /active:no
and hit Enter .
It should work now.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag

 

[Guest]

Hi I really appreciate all the help, This is what I have Now.Microsoft
Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Gary>net user administrator /active:no
The user name could not be found.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.


C:\Users\Gary>

Hello,

there is a blank space after 'administrator', as in

net user administrator /active:no

.
It's extremely important, because the command isn't processed correctly
without it.


Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Hi this is what I get Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator/active:no
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]


C:\Windows\system32> It is still There and on the welcome screen

Hello,
of course, you need to hit Enter
So: Right-click cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator".
Type in
net user administrator /active:no
and hit Enter .
It should work now.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
Hi, Nothing means it does not remove the administrator account or
disable
it, It still shows on the welcome screen and is still active, I tried
running
the way you said "run as administrator" and it says 'cannot find user'
if
I
take out the 'net' it seems to accept it, but again nothing happens,
maybe
I'm doing it wrong? After I type in net user etc should I just close it
or
should I hit enter to activate the command.

:

Hello,

what does "does nothing" mean? Any error message, or just nothing
done?
Try re-executing the command with an elevated command prompt:
Right-click
cmd.exe, select "Run as administrator" and write that again.

Hope it will work now.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
I am running Vista Ultimate and somehow I now have a new account
called
Administrator that shows up on my login screen, How do I get rid of
this?
I
have tried going to the command prompt C:\Windows\System32> and
typed
in '
net user administrator /active:no but this does nothing, In user
accounts
it
won't let me remove it, Any Ideas ! Could some help.

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

Hello,

OK, then let's try it another way:
Press Windows-key + R -> gpedit.msc -> Enter .
In the left, expand
Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local
Policies -> Security Options .
In the right, you'll see an entry named
"Accounts: Administrator account status".
Double-click it and select "Disabled".

Hope this will work. Good luck!

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Hi I really appreciate all the help, This is what I have Now.Microsoft
Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Gary>net user administrator /active:no
The user name could not be found.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.


C:\Users\Gary>

Hello,

there is a blank space after 'administrator', as in

net user administrator /active:no

.
It's extremely important, because the command isn't processed correctly
without it.


Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag

Hi this is what I get Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator/active:no
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]


C:\Windows\system32> It is still There and on the welcome screen

:

Hello,
of course, you need to hit Enter
So: Right-click cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator".
Type in
net user administrator /active:no
and hit Enter .
It should work now.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
Hi, Nothing means it does not remove the administrator account or
disable
it, It still shows on the welcome screen and is still active, I
tried
running
the way you said "run as administrator" and it says 'cannot find
user'
if
I
take out the 'net' it seems to accept it, but again nothing happens,
maybe
I'm doing it wrong? After I type in net user etc should I just close
it
or
should I hit enter to activate the command.

:

Hello,

what does "does nothing" mean? Any error message, or just nothing
done?
Try re-executing the command with an elevated command prompt:
Right-click
cmd.exe, select "Run as administrator" and write that again.

Hope it will work now.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
I am running Vista Ultimate and somehow I now have a new account
called
Administrator that shows up on my login screen, How do I get rid
of
this?
I
have tried going to the command prompt C:\Windows\System32> and
typed
in '
net user administrator /active:no but this does nothing, In user
accounts
it
won't let me remove it, Any Ideas ! Could some help.

 

[Guest]

Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou, Best wishes, That worked!!!!

Hello,

OK, then let's try it another way:
Press Windows-key + R -> gpedit.msc -> Enter .
In the left, expand
Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local
Policies -> Security Options .
In the right, you'll see an entry named
"Accounts: Administrator account status".
Double-click it and select "Disabled".

Hope this will work. Good luck!

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Hi I really appreciate all the help, This is what I have Now.Microsoft
Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Gary>net user administrator /active:no
The user name could not be found.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.


C:\Users\Gary>

Hello,

there is a blank space after 'administrator', as in

net user administrator /active:no

.
It's extremely important, because the command isn't processed correctly
without it.


Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
Hi this is what I get Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator/active:no
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]


C:\Windows\system32> It is still There and on the welcome screen

:

Hello,
of course, you need to hit Enter
So: Right-click cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator".
Type in
net user administrator /active:no
and hit Enter .
It should work now.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
Hi, Nothing means it does not remove the administrator account or
disable
it, It still shows on the welcome screen and is still active, I
tried
running
the way you said "run as administrator" and it says 'cannot find
user'
if
I
take out the 'net' it seems to accept it, but again nothing happens,
maybe
I'm doing it wrong? After I type in net user etc should I just close
it
or
should I hit enter to activate the command.

:

Hello,

what does "does nothing" mean? Any error message, or just nothing
done?
Try re-executing the command with an elevated command prompt:
Right-click
cmd.exe, select "Run as administrator" and write that again.

Hope it will work now.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
I am running Vista Ultimate and somehow I now have a new account
called
Administrator that shows up on my login screen, How do I get rid
of
this?
I
have tried going to the command prompt C:\Windows\System32> and
typed
in '
net user administrator /active:no but this does nothing, In user
accounts
it
won't let me remove it, Any Ideas ! Could some help.

 

[P. Di Stolfo]

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help you!
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou, Best wishes, That worked!!!!

Hello,

OK, then let's try it another way:
Press Windows-key + R -> gpedit.msc -> Enter .
In the left, expand
Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local
Policies -> Security Options .
In the right, you'll see an entry named
"Accounts: Administrator account status".
Double-click it and select "Disabled".

Hope this will work. Good luck!

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag

Hi I really appreciate all the help, This is what I have Now.Microsoft
Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Gary>net user administrator /active:no
The user name could not be found.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.


C:\Users\Gary>

:

Hello,

there is a blank space after 'administrator', as in

net user administrator /active:no

.
It's extremely important, because the command isn't processed
correctly
without it.


Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
Hi this is what I get Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net user administrator/active:no
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]


C:\Windows\system32> It is still There and on the welcome screen

:

Hello,
of course, you need to hit Enter
So: Right-click cmd.exe and select "Run as administrator".
Type in
net user administrator /active:no
and hit Enter .
It should work now.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
Hi, Nothing means it does not remove the administrator account or
disable
it, It still shows on the welcome screen and is still active, I
tried
running
the way you said "run as administrator" and it says 'cannot find
user'
if
I
take out the 'net' it seems to accept it, but again nothing
happens,
maybe
I'm doing it wrong? After I type in net user etc should I just
close
it
or
should I hit enter to activate the command.

:

Hello,

what does "does nothing" mean? Any error message, or just
nothing
done?
Try re-executing the command with an elevated command prompt:
Right-click
cmd.exe, select "Run as administrator" and write that again.

Hope it will work now.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
--
////////////////////////////
http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
///////////////////////////

Newsbeitrag
I am running Vista Ultimate and somehow I now have a new
account
called
Administrator that shows up on my login screen, How do I get
rid
of
this?
I
have tried going to the command prompt C:\Windows\System32>
and
typed
in '
net user administrator /active:no but this does nothing, In
user
accounts
it
won't let me remove it, Any Ideas ! Could some help.