Microsoft decided to have this approach that other opertaing systems have (hide the administrator account access from the average user) to prevent security problems.

The account is added during initial setup but is set to be inactive, that is why the user doesn’t see it.

If you want to enable that account, please follow these steps:

1. Open a command box as an administrator.

Click Start, Programs, Accessories, and then right-click the Command Prompt icon, and then choose “Run as administrator” to open it.

2. Now type the following command:

net user administrator /active:yes

3. Hit the Enter key.

4. You should see a message that the command completed successfully.

5. Log out, and you’ll now see the Administrator account as a choice.

Note: You can reverse the changes by issuing this command.

net user administrator /active:no

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