How do I delete my administrator account on Vista?

I somehow acquired a virus and it created a new user on my computer titled "Administrator. " My account is already an administrator and now I have two. I tried to remove the user, but I cannot do it through the control panel.

Asked by ntalkers 46 months ago Similar questions: delete administrator account Vista Computers > Software.

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You can't In Vista as in XP you already have an account called "Administrator". You can rename it but you cannot delete it. In Vista, You as a local admin is not the same as it would have been in XP.It is kind of a watered down admin.

The "Administrator" account is a "Super admin" or the same as all admins were in XP. By default it is present but hidden. Something unlocked it.

Change the password on the Admin account and e done with it. This will prevent it from being used by an inadvertently acknowledged script as it will now have to have a password..

The two accounts sound normal and natural on Vista. On Vista -- unlike it was with Windows XP -- it's perfectly normal for you to have an account with administrator privileges AND for there to be an "Administrator" account that isn't you. It's actually a security feature where the normal user can no longer be on the system as the only administrator account.

That being said, there's no ability to wipe out the account, and it's okay that it's there. If you're sure the virus is gone from your system everything should be fine. Perhaps you just didn't notice that the configuration included the two accounts previously.

If I've misunderstood your question, feel free to send a note, but I suspect you're fine. Hope that helps! .

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2 I know this question is closed but I had a similar situation where an administrator account was created and my account switch it local administrator for vista. I was able to fix it by opening the command prompt window and typing "net user administrator /active:no" (without the quotes) and clicked enter. Once it said it was done successfully, I restarted the computer and the super admin account was gone.

I know this question is closed but I had a similar situation where an administrator account was created and my account switch it local administrator for vista. I was able to fix it by opening the command prompt window and typing "net user administrator /active:no" (without the quotes) and clicked enter. Once it said it was done successfully, I restarted the computer and the super admin account was gone.

" "I have a Window Vista and I've been trying to delete my administrator account but it does not have a delete button HELP! " "Vista says it can't load my user account password. Bad thing is, my user account IS the Administrator.

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I have a Window Vista and I've been trying to delete my administrator account but it does not have a delete button HELP!

Vista says it can't load my user account password. Bad thing is, my user account IS the Administrator. How do I get on?

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