Delete an administrator account vista

Could not even find them by searching. So I did a restore. Now I have all my files back under the original user's folder. Even though I am the Administrator nothing defaults to saving to my files. The only way is to Save As or move manually. Nothing saves to my user folder. It is getting confusing. Can you help me? Cammei Users folder on the C drive:.

I thought I did what ha14 suggested, unfortunately I just don't remember in what order I did what. I would like to upgrade to Windows 7, but I wonder if an upgrade would keep things the way they are or if like Josh Fox suggested I should do a fresh install of Windows 7 after backing up my files.

Then I could start from scratch. Aibek Hi Sherry,. Aibek 1. Log onto the machine as an Administrator. You will be asked if you wish to keep the files from the deleted account. Otherwise click the Delete Files button.

Click Start. Type cmd in the search box and right-click cmd. This will allow you to change the Windows Vista Administrator password. Type the password you want to use for administrator account. Please note that the characters will not appear as you type. Press [Enter key] after typing the password. Free Download Buy Now. Finally go to situation 1 to change administrator password in Windows Vista with ease.

When manufacturing PCs, you can use the built-in Administrator account to run programs and apps before a user account is created. This topic is about manufacturing PCs. For help with the admin account on your own PC, try one of these pages:. This account is used when you log into the system by using audit mode, or when you add scripts to the auditUser configuration pass.

You can enable the built-in Administrator account during unattended installations by setting the AutoLogon setting to Administrator in the Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component. This will enable the built-in Administrator account, even if a password is not specified in the AdministratorPassword setting. The following sample answer file shows how to enable the Administrator account, specify an Administrator password, and automatically log on to the system.

The auditSystem configuration pass must include both these settings. For new installations, after the end user creates a user account in OOBE, the built-in Administrator account is disabled.