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The forum discussion centers on a mysterious "ADMINISTRATOR Local account" appearing on a Windows system. The original poster asks if it can be deleted and about the necessity of the guest account. Troubleshooter suggests the account may be the built-in administrator that can be disabled via an elevated command prompt, but the original user encounters permission issues until guided on how to run commands with administrator rights. Ultimately, the user successfully disables the account and confirms only their account and the guest account remain, indicating the issue was resolved positively.

nichos

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Thread Author #1
Hi,
An "ADMINISTRATOR Local account" appeared out of nowhere, is it possible to delete it and is the guest one necessary? ...thnx .....nick
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Solution
Looks like someone enabled the hidden local administrator account which is typically disabled by default.
Maybe just open an elevated command prompt and type
net user administrator /active:no
and see if it goes away.

Trouble

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Looks like someone enabled the hidden local administrator account which is typically disabled by default.
Maybe just open an elevated command prompt and type
net user administrator /active:no
and see if it goes away.
 

Solution

nichos

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Thread Author #3
Thanx,

Typed it in RUN, if that is elevated? but a black screen seems to flash very fast. .......nick
 

nichos

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Thread Author #4
Tried it in command Prompt as well but says ERROR & Access denied
 

Trouble

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How do I run a command with elevated permissions?
Some commands that you can run using Command Prompt might require elevated or administrative permissions. To run these commands, you can use the Run as administrator command.
  1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
    (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search.)
  2. Enter cmd in the search box, and then right-click or press and hold Command Prompt.
  3. Tap or click Run as administrator.
SOURCE: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/command-prompt-faq#1TC=windows-8
 

nichos

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Thread Author #6
OK, thanx again, it worked & only have my account & Geust. ......nick