#1020 – How To Enable the Administrator Account in Windows

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There's another account on your machine you might not know about

You might think the account you're using to sign in to Windows is an administrator account. It's not. It's administrator-capable, as I call it.

There is an actual old-style account on your machine named "administrator", but it's disabled by default. This week's featured article shows you how to enable it, and talks about why you shouldn't use it much, if at all.

How To Enable the Administrator Account in Windows

Also this week

• Dealing with change
• Saving email locally
• Dynamic disks
• Video playback

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Featured Article

How To Enable the Administrator Account in Windows
The secret administrator account, at that.

There's a hidden account with complete administrative access. I'll show you how to enable it and discuss why you shouldn't use it very often, if at all.
Read: How To Enable the Administrator Account in Windows

Also This Week on Ask Leo!

Dealing With Inexplicable Change? Maybe do what I do.
Yes, I deal with frustrating changes too. It's not that I never get frustrated; it's what I choose next that makes for a much happier experience. Read: Dealing With Inexplicable Change?

How Do I Save Emails Locally in Outlook? It's not difficult; it's just not obvious.
You can store email offline in Microsoft Office Outlook using PST files. I'll show you how to set that up. Read: How Do I Save Emails Locally in Outlook?

What's a Dynamic Disk? Something you may have seen but probably don't have.
You probably have a basic disk and don't need the functionality offered by dynamic disk support... even if that functionality is kind of cool. Read: What's a Dynamic Disk?

Optimizing Video Playback: How to Choose Between Streaming and Downloading The differences explained.
Streaming video sites have some features that make the answer more complicated than it would seem. Read: Optimizing Video Playback: How to Choose Between Streaming and Downloading

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Optimizing Video Playback: How to Choose Between Streaming and Downloading Streaming and downloading video sites have some features that make the answer more complicated than it would seem. Watch: Optimizing Video Playback: How to Choose Between Streaming and Downloading

What's a Dynamic Disk? You probably have a basic disk and don?t need the functionality offered by dynamic disk support... even if that functionality is kind of cool. Watch: What's a Dynamic Disk?

How Do I Save Emails Locally in Outlook? You can store email offline in Microsoft Office Outlook using PST files. I'll show you how to set that up. Watch: How Do I Save Emails Locally in Outlook?

How To Enable the Administrator Account in Windows There's a hidden Administrator account with complete access. I'll show you how to enable it and discuss why you shouldn't use it very often, if at all. Watch: How To Enable the Administrator Account in Windows

Dealing With Inexplicable Change? Yes, I deal with frustrating changes too. It's not that I never get frustrated; it's what I choose next that makes for a much happier experience. Watch: Dealing With Inexplicable Change?

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