This is how to activate the hidden administrator account in Windows 8.1

The hidden administrator account in Windows 8.1

Once we have installed our Windows 8.1 operating system, we can see two accounts, one of them is the guest account that initially appears as deactivated and the one we created when installing Windows 8.1, which is an administrator account. This account should be used only to configure our Windows operating system, but to use it on a daily basis we should create normal user accounts.

The administrator account we created when installing Windows and all the ones we create afterwards belong to the Administrators group and these types of accounts have a number of elevated privileges , so as a precaution, we should apply a different protocol to avoid possible problems in the system.

In addition to this group, there is another group called Administrator, in which we can see that there is an administrator account that is created by default in a totally hidden way, this being the green one will give an administrator user account.

Next we are going to detail how to enable it, through a small guide with images that will help you achieve this goal quickly, easily and very intuitively. We remind you that the activation of this account must always be done with caution, since the more privileges we have in the system, the more internal adjustments we can make with their consequent dangers.

How to activate the hidden administrator account in Windows 8.1

Here we will describe the steps you must take to activate the hidden administrator account in your Windows 8.1 system quickly and easily:

The first step we must carry out is to execute the Command Prompt with administrator permissions, for this we have two options: go to the mouse in the lower left corner of our Windows 8.1, right-click on the Windows icon and then click on Command Prompt (administrator)
or use the search box using Windows + Q by entering Command Prompt in the search boxand pressing the right button Run as administrator
We will see the warning of user account control, we simply click with the left button onYes to continue
Once inside, we must write net user Administrator /active:yes and press the enter key. If it has been executed correctly, we will receive the message The command has been completed successfully as can be seen in the following image

With these simple steps, we would already have our local Windows 8.1 Administrator account fully active and available to be used at any time .

Checking Administrator account activation

We would already have our administrator user fully activated. To verify that it is activated, we will have to perform the following steps:

We go to the control panel, clicking on the lower left corner with the right mouse button and selectingControl panel with the left button.
Then we go to User accounts and child protection
After to User Accounts
And finally to Manage another account
From there we can see all the accounts and we will see that the administrator account appears that we created when installing windows 8.1, the guest account which is deactivated and now a new one appears with name Administrator
Click on it and then generate a password for it by clicking with the left button on Create a password

Hide the Administrator account again

Simply, to go back to hide the Administrator account, we must go back to the command prompt as in the steps described above and run the following command: