Repeat the process for the guest account if you activated it as well. Check 'account active' to verify the status of the account.

Verify that the account is activated by running net user administrator from the command line prompt.

If you want to enable the guest account as well run the command net user guest /active:yes.

Check the spelling and that you are in an elevated command prompt interface if you get error messages.

Windows returns 'The command completed successfully' if the operation is successful.

To activate the inactive administrator account, run the command net user administrator /active:yes.

You should see Administrator listed as one of the accounts.

Run the command net user to display a list of all user accounts on the system.

Alternatively, hold down the Shift-key and the Ctrl-key before you start cmd.exe.

Right-click on the Command Prompt result (cmd.exe)Â and select 'run as administrator' from the context menu.

Type cmd and wait for the results to be displayed.

This should open the start menu or bring you to the Start Screen interface depending on how Windows 10 is configured on the system.

To enable the Windows 10 administrator account do the following (note: this works in older versions of Windows as well):

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