This is a very common questions for IT departments or power users and there is no GUI interface for this option.
By default the default Administrator account is HIDDEN. In most cases users create a new user when setting up the system. There are times then when a new user accoutn is needed, adding one will then cause the side effect of hiding the default administrator account.
Show a User Account
Open your registry and find or create the key below.
- System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\
- SpecialAccounts\UserList]
- Value Name: Administrator
- Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Value Data: (1 = show Administrator)
Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "Administrator" and set it according to the value data below.
Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.
Note: This tweak will not work if you have renamed the Administrator account.
Hide a User Account
Open Registry Editor.
In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
- Value Name:
- Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Value Data: (0)
