how do i disable ADMIN ACCOUNT in vista x86

biddy79uk

i have looked t the threads started by the admin but still no joy,
for some reason i needed to be logged in as ADMIN to update the BIOS,
so i ran the CMD *net user administrator /active:yes*

now i have done what i wanted i now want to disable the ADMIN account
but running the CMD above but changing yes to *no* does not work
i get an error 5 message,
please can someone help me on this as i did this on my dads computer
and he wants it off
Thank You All so much In Advance* *


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biddy79uk

Mike Brannigan

"biddy79uk" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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> i have looked t the threads started by the admin but still no joy,
> for some reason i needed to be logged in as ADMIN to update the BIOS,
> so i ran the CMD *net user administrator /active:yes*
>
> now i have done what i wanted i now want to disable the ADMIN account
> but running the CMD above but changing yes to *no* does not work
> i get an error 5 message,
> please can someone help me on this as i did this on my dads computer
> and he wants it off
> Thank You All so much In Advance* *
>
>
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> biddy79uk

You need to be logged on as a admin level account to disable another admin
level account - however you cannot disable yourself. So you need to logon
with an admin account to run the cmd you want to disable the built in
administrator account.

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Mike Brannigan

biddy79uk

i am the only user that has an account on this computer
and i am the admin,thats what i cant understand m8


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biddy79uk

t-4-2

biddy79uk;756362 Wrote:
> i am the only user that has an account on this computer
> and i am the admin,thats what i cant understand m8
Hello biddy79uk,
What Mike was tryoing to tell you is :
Logon to YOUR own admin account ( NOT the built-in admin acct.) first,
then use the cmd command to disable the built-in admin account.
If you still have trouble. Post the entire error message(s).


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