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I was wondering if it would be possible to enable the hidden account admin
net user administrator /active:yes
With a parental controls account? When I try to run as admin it never works and needs a password. Please help!
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I was wondering if it would be possible to enable the hidden account admin
net user administrator /active:yes
With a parental controls account? When I try to run as admin it never works and needs a password. Please help!
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This trick has been around since Windows XP. There is a SpecialAccounts Key that probably already exists, but if you don't have it - it can be created.
In regedit:
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
If there is not a sub-key under Winlogon
, right click on the Winlogon entry and select New > Key
Name this new Key SpecialAccounts
Right click on SpecialAccounts
and select New > Key
Name this new Key UserList
With the UserList selected, right click in the right pane of regedit and select New > DWORD (32bit) Value
This new DWORD value will be the name of your account EG: Bob Dole
or user93975
- whatever user name you want hidden.
To make this new Key Userlist you will need an admin pass – user93975 – 2011-08-12T20:24:52.253
@user93975 so you don't want this hidden account to have a password? – Dustin G. – 2011-08-12T20:29:52.230
Nope. It's fine w/o one I just need to be able to hide and unhide it once I'm done using it to disable Parental controls. It's sort of like that cmd command with uses the net user but I can't run as admin because I have parental controls on my acc – user93975 – 2011-08-14T00:21:51.860
@user93975 so you are trying to circumvent the parental controls that have been placed on your account? – Dustin G. – 2011-08-14T04:02:29.427
Yes or get around it to download skype lol – user93975 – 2011-08-15T21:47:06.233
You're asking the wrong people... – Dustin G. – 2011-08-16T02:59:34.850
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I'm curious why you want to enable the hidden admin account in the first place? It's a well known attack vector, making your system less secure.
You can control Parental Controls from any admin account.
If you are using the Web console to control Parental Controls, you'll need to create a separate live account for each admin account and give them permission.
I assume the user he is trying to enforce parental controls on may try to get through if they see the admin account... – Dustin G. – 2011-08-12T20:27:21.107
You can hide any user created account. Yet it is still more secure than the builtin one. – surfasb – 2011-08-12T22:56:34.360
Are you saying you are a user under an account with parental controls, but you want to create a hidden admin account? – Dustin G. – 2011-08-12T20:32:07.070