How to Enable Administrator in Windows 10

Since Windows Vista, every version of Windows will create an built-in administrator account and hide it from you. So does Windows 10. During the first time setup, you will be required to create a new account which will be set up to be the administrator and can be used for recovery purposes.

Before enabling the account, let us go through the account types in Windows 10.

Standard User/Users: is an restricted account that can be a local account or Microsoft account. It can help protect computer by preventing users from making changes to the system that affects everyone who uses the computer. When you are signed in to Windows with a standard account, you can do almost anything that you can do with an administrator account, but if a standard user tries to do something that requires administrator privilege (ex: run as administrator), Windows will display a Uer Account Control prompt for the standard user to enter the password of an administrator account for approval and confirmation before allowing this action.

Administrator: Created by default during the installation of Windows, or is already setup for you on an OEM (ex: Dell) computer, it can be a local account or Microsoft account. An administrator account has complete access to the computer and is able to make any desired changes.

Built-in “Administrator”: The hidden built-in “Administrator account” is a local account that has full unrestricted access rights to the PC. By default, this “Administrator” account will not be prompted by User Account Control. Anything that runs while signed in to this “Administrator” account will also have full unrestricted access to the PC, so it is not recommended to use the built-in “Administrator” account for everyday usage. It’s recommended to enable and use the built-in “Administrator” account as needed only.