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(Solved) - How do i RESET the Administrator user on my system
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There is an ID called Administrator that is built in. If he just set up another name as a user with Administrator privelages then all you need to do is to use it or the "Administrator" to creat a user with Administrator privileges of your own, then Delete his.
If he was just using the "Administrator" you can Hide it if you like.
There are only 2 profiles in the system: The Guest and the one the he has as the Administrator. I just want to remove the one that he made and make it my own now that he WILL NOT be using this computer anymore. I'm not sure what you mean by "hiding" the Administrator. Let me know if you have a solution to this without having to reinstall Windows 8. Thanks in advance!!!!
Make yourself a profile with Administrator Privileges using the Administrator account Control Panel-> User Accounts. Then Log Off the Administrator Account and Log on your newly created account.
Start a CMD prompt by right clicking on the CMD.exe icon and selecting run as Adminitrator.
Type in
net user Administrator /active:no
When that is successful then yours will be the only active ID.
