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Enable true administrator in Windows 7 Home Premium

Started by landa321 , Jun 06 2010 09:57 PM

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landa321

Posted 06 June 2010 - 09:57 PM

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i have tried several different methods to enable the true administrator, but none seem to work. is it because i'm running Windows 7 Home Premium? is it possible to have true administrator rights in windows 7 Home Premium?

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phillipcorcoran

Posted 07 June 2010 - 05:32 AM

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By 'true' Administrator, I guess you mean the admin account that Windows 7 creates by default when installed, as it did with Vista and XP. This account does indeed still exist in Windows 7 but it's hidden. You can enable it by following these instructions:

http://blog.eches.ne...trator-account/