[ding dong]

why is one of my many accounts (not sure why I have so many?), crossed out?

 

See image:

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Hi there ding dong.

 

It is because the Administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 8.

So the account has permissions but as it is currently disabled, you get the red cross.

Rugs

Edited by ruggie_uk, 23 June 2014 - 05:48 PM.

[ruggie_uk]

Hi there ding dong.

 

It is because the Administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 8.

So the account has permissions but as it is currently disabled, you get the red cross.

Rugs

Edited by ruggie_uk, 23 June 2014 - 05:48 PM.

[Ztruker]

Open a Elevated Command Prompt by typing cmd then selecting Run as Administrator.

Type net user administrator /active:yes and press Enter.

Type exit and press Enter.

 

That should enable the Administrator account.

[ding dong]

where do i type cmd?

[Ztruker]

Depends. Are you using the Metro desktop or the older Windows 7 style Desktop with start button (Classic Shell or Start8 or similar)?

 

If Metro, just click on an open area then type cmd. Right click on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.

If start button, click the start button, type cmd, right click on cmd.exe at the top and select Run as Administrator.

[ding dong]

Its win8 with classic shell.

 

All I get when I type cmd is this box....when right click top i have no option "run as administrator"

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[Ztruker]

Click the Classic Shell Start button.

Type cmd, don't press enter or anything else.

Look for cmd.exe.

Right click on it and select Run as Administrator.

 

[ding dong]

no cmd.exe option both in search and run but a cmd was in search and came up as the black box posted above......did as you said in this box so was that right?

Edited by ding dong, 29 June 2014 - 07:22 PM.

[ruggie_uk]

The black box that you have posted an image of is correct. That is the administrator command prompt as it has defaulted to C:\windows\system32\.

 

If it was the non admin version it would show your user profile folder.

Edited by ruggie_uk, 30 June 2014 - 01:39 PM.

[ding dong]

Ok, so its done....was something supposed to happen?