Windows – Install windows using built-in Administrator

administratorcmd.exewindows

I want to use the Windows 10 Administrator account from the beginning while installing and skip the creation of a (temporary) account. I can activate the Administrator account during the Windows 10 installation process with this method.

When prompted for username just hit SHIFT+F10
CMD should open
Use "net user Administrator /ACTIVE:YES"

And now I'm stuck. I tried opening taskmgr.exe and stop the MS account executable without any luck and forcing the installation restart from the language/keyboard etc. part.

Does anyone know a way that doesn't require an account (doesn't matter if temporary or for daily uses)?

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You can boot into System Audit Mode.

System Audit Mode is a bit of a special mode - it's used by OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) when they're trying to load software onto their computers before they capture an image of them. It's used, for example, to go in after a system has been sysprepped (that is to say, generalized with the system-unique info removed) and modify the image without using tools such as DISM. This mode will automatically reboot the system and log you in using the local admin account, as well as launch a program called sysprep (though you can just close this).

You can boot into System Audit Mode by using Ctrl + Shift + F3 key combination at the OOBE/system initial set-up screen.

Let me know if this works for you! Note that the system will reset back to OOBE on every boot, but you should just be able to go back into System Audit Mode. Note also that this isn't really meant for general use, but to my knowledge, there's not any significant limitations (i.e. your profile gets wiped on every reboot) that would discourage such use. If I'm wrong, though, someone can correct me.

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Yes, this is kind of tricky. I had the same issue last week. Simple google search will help you with answer.

Step 1

Navigate to your local security policy on your Windows 10 workstation – You can do this by typing secpol.msc at a search/run/command prompt.

Under Local Policies/Security Options navigate to “User Account Control Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account“

Set the policy to Enabled

Here is the reference Updated for Windows 10 Home User

Step2:

Updated for Windows 10 Home Users

For Windows 10 Home users, the local security policy editor doesn’t exist. However, most of the policy changes that can be made using the policy editor can also be made using the registry. I have not tested this on a Windows 10 Home system, however, changing this registry key should be the equivalent to enabling the policy above – See the UAC registry guide from Microsoft

Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Create a DWORD value if it doesn’t already exist called FilterAdministratorToken
Set the value to 1

Next we need to navigate to the registry and make an additional change:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\UIPI
Change the Default string key to 0x00000001(1)

Finally, restart Windows and then you will be able to enjoy Edge under your Built-in Administrator account, and won't have to deal with that error.

Windows 10 account disappear

The most likely problem is that the account is disabled. This command didn't do what you expected:

net user Jorane \activated:yes

\activated is not a switch. Rather, that command reset the password on the Jorane account to \activated:yes. You want to run this command:

net user Jorane /active:yes

Note the forward slash and the spelling of active.

Also, a user won't show up unless it's a member of Users or Administrators. You can use the net localgroup command to list the members of a group. For instance, this lists the members of Administrators:

net localgroup Administrators

If Jorane isn't a member of either Administrators or Users, you'll need to add it to one of those. This adds it to Administrators:

net localgroup Administrators Jorane /add

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