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Unhide Administrator account on Windows 7

If you would like to unhide the hidden Administrator account on Windows 7 Operating System here’s how you can do it:

1.Boot Win 7 DVD, go to command prompt and type regedit and open the registry editor.

2.Click on HKLM hive and next navigate to:

File>>Load hive

Navigate to C:\Windows\System32\config folder and choose SOFTWARE file

Load it and assign this hive any name for example REM_SOFTWARE.

3.Open key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\REM_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

and remove this account or better way remove the whole key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\REM_SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts

You’re done!

You should be able to see the Administrator account now.

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