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  • Enable Built-in Administrator account

 #25486  by 351837
 04 Feb 2013, 11:28
Open Run dialog(Win+R) and type lusrmgr.msc click or tap(lol) OK.

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In opened Local Users and Groups window on left panel click on Users. Now you will see all accounts on right side of window.
Right click on Administrator and open up properties, in pop-up window uncheck "Account is disabled". Apply. OK. Close window.

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Log of and log in to Admin account, but that just not it. You still will be prompted to approve the operation.
Now to fix that.

Open up Run dialog again and type gpedit.msc, hit ok.
When Local Group Policy Editor window opens, in left panel under "Local Computer Policy"expand "Windows Settings" , then under "Windows Settings" expand "Security Settings", under that "Local Policies" and under "Local Policies" click on "Security Options".
Now in right side scroll down to "User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for Built-in Administrator account" you will see that is set to "Enabled". To change that right click and open properties, in pop-up window change to "Disabled". Apply. OK. And exit editor.

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Note: In Built-in Admin account Metro (cr)Apps doesn't work. To enable it to work you must edit registry.
To enable it open regedit (Win+R > regedit > OK) and go to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" and change value of "FilterAdministratorToken" and "EnableLUA" to 1.

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Or you can use registry tweak:

Code: Select allWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Enable Metro Apps to Work on In-Built Administrator
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"FilterAdministratorToken"=dword:00000001
"EnableLUA"=dword:00000001


Copy above to notepad and save as whatever.reg. Merge it.