


How to Enable Administrator Account by Modifying Registry from Recovery Environment.ġ. In this tutorial you will find detailed instructions on how to enable the hidden administrator account on Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista based computer, by modifying the Windows Registry Offline in case you cannot login to Windows by using another account with admin rights (Enable Administrator account from Windows), or by using the Offline NT Password and Registry editor boot CD (Enable Administrator with Offline NT Password & Registry Editor utility). But sometimes there is a need to enable the disabled Administrator account, to troubleshoot Windows or to reset the forgotten password of other local accounts (non Domain or Microsoft accounts).


Checked with gpedit to try to find anything suspicious.Searched the registry, and found a few more settings that looked relevant, but everything seemed to be set correctly.Searched the output of gpresult /z (see this previous SF question) for references to Windows Update, but everything there looked OK.I open the Windows Update control panel, and it says "some settings are managed by your system administrator." Problem is, I'm logged in as a domain admin.
