How do I get administrator access to my PC using a secondary account and Remote Desktop?

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The issue

My pc's graphics card died out on me a week ago. I need to be able to control the pc remotely.

Specs

PC is connected to home network via cable to router.
PC is running Windows 8.0

Current situation

I managed to connect via Remote Dekstop via a secondary account. But my main administrator account does not have a password and every time I try to log in using that account I get a message saying that the account can't be accessed because it does not have a password.

Question

How do I get administrator access to my PC?

hitautodestruct

Posted 2013-12-01T10:09:44.227

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1Unless the default Administrator account is already enabled you are better off spending the $30 to purchase a replacement graphics card. – Ramhound – 2013-12-01T15:06:56.530

@Ramhound I don't really care about the money, I'm sure this could be done using a faceless box. – hitautodestruct – 2013-12-05T08:11:26.957

So does that mean your default Administrator account is enabled? – Ramhound – 2013-12-05T13:09:18.630

@Ramhound Yes, but it does not have a password set (blank password) and so I can't use it to log in or administer the OS remotely. – hitautodestruct – 2013-12-05T13:11:40.783

You can't. You have to be able to log into the account, to disable the security policy, that is preventing you from logging into the account without a password. You should always have an account with a password for this reason, so the solution, just replace the graphics card ( you should do this anyways ). – Ramhound – 2013-12-05T13:18:39.820