{"id":1720,"date":"2025-02-19T23:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T03:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2025-02-19T23:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T03:44:42","slug":"enable-administrator-login-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1720","title":{"rendered":"Enable Administrator Login in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you accidentally lock your administrator login by attempting the wrong password too many times? Do you need to re-enable the account, and reset the password? Try the following :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Hold SHIFT and click the power icon on the lock screen. Continue holding SHIFT and click on “Restart”. This will boot the machine into Troubleshooting mode<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Select “Advanced Options” on the “Troubleshoot” screen<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Select “Command Prompt”. This will open a command prompt window.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command :
    net user Administrator \/active:yes<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Now that the Administrator account has been re-enabled, you can set a new password by typing this command :
    net user Administrator <type your password here><\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Close the Command Prompt window<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Restart the computer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Login with the Administrator account with the password you just set<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Did you accidentally lock your administrator login by attempting the wrong password too many times? Do you need to re-enable the account, and reset the password? Try the following :<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,73,44,75],"class_list":["post-1720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","tag-locked-out","tag-password","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-administration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p32FB4-rK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":785,"url":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=785","url_meta":{"origin":1720,"position":0},"title":"Reset SA Password Using sqlcmd","author":"Matt","date":"June 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Resetting the SA password If you need access to the database, you can reset the SA password using the following commands from a command prompt (cmd): sqlcmd \u2013S SQLSERVER\\INSTANCE Once in the interface for sqlcmd, which is represented by a 1>, type the following on separate lines: sp_password @new =\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Computers"","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69,"url":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=69","url_meta":{"origin":1720,"position":1},"title":"Microsoft – Still Doesn’t Get Security","author":"Matt","date":"February 14, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From the ZDNet Article: \"Joanna Rutkowska has always been a big supporter of the Windows Vista security model. Until she stumbled upon a \"very severe hole\" in the design of UAC (User Account Control) and found out \u00e2\u20ac\u201d from Microsoft officials \u00e2\u20ac\u201d that the default no-admin setting isn't even a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Computers"","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1333","url_meta":{"origin":1720,"position":2},"title":"Linking a Local Folder with Microsoft’s One Drive","author":"Matt","date":"October 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"You may want to sync a folder on your computer with OneDrive that isn't one of the Windows standard C: drive folders like \"Documents\", \"Pictures\" etc. If that's the case, here's the command line for you to use to link any folder with OneDrive. mklink \/j \"