built-in administrator changed to email adr logging into windows store

GandGTarr · 11 May 2017

Hi,

I was logged into the built-in administrator account when I downloaded the NPR1 app from the windows store. In order to proceed, I had to log into my microsoft.com account. The next time I restarted windows, I noticed the to log into the built-in administrator account was replace with the email account name I used to log into microsoft.com. It seems to be the administrator account once I log into it but I think there is some difference as all the drives I had mapped are no longer valid.

Does anyone know what happened and how to reverse it?

Thanks,
Gary

cereberus · 12 May 2017

GandGTarr said:

Hi,

I was logged into the built-in administrator account when I downloaded the NPR1 app from the windows store. In order to proceed, I had to log into my microsoft.com account. The next time I restarted windows, I noticed the to log into the built-in administrator account was replace with the email account name I used to log into microsoft.com. It seems to be the administrator account once I log into it but I think there is some difference as all the drives I had mapped are no longer valid.

Does anyone know what happened and how to reverse it?

Thanks,
Gary

You are confusing the special Administrator account with a normal admin account.

The built in administrator account is only for special use.

This account is very powerful, and does not have many of the built in safeguards of a normal admin account, and you can easily break Windows if you delete the wrong thing which a normal admin account could not do.

You can only use a local account on the administrator account.

The administrator account cannot run uwp apps.

So you should never use the Administrator account as your login account, but your normal admin account or else you could not run that app anyway.

You will have to remap your drives accordingly.

NavyLCDR · 12 May 2017

In a command prompt or powershell run:
net localgroup administrators

What accounts are shown under the line under members?

Code:

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\Users\John> net localgroup administrators
Alias name     administrators
Comment        Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain

Members

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator
John
The command completed successfully.

PS C:\Users\John>

For example, mine shows my normal account with administrators privileges "John" and the built-in administrator account "Administrator"

Then if I run net user Administrator, you will notice the built-in administrator account is not active - it's disabled:

Code:

PS C:\Users\John> net user Administrator
User name                    Administrator
Full Name
Comment                      Built-in account for administering the computer/domain
User's comment
Country/region code          000 (System Default)
Account active               No
Account expires              Never

Password last set            5/12/2017 6:03:51 AM
Password expires             Never
Password changeable          5/12/2017 6:03:51 AM
Password required            Yes
User may change password     Yes

Workstations allowed         All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon                   Never

Logon hours allowed          All

Local Group Memberships      *Administrators
Global Group memberships     *None
The command completed successfully.

PS C:\Users\John>