Use one of these first three methods if you're changing the built-in Administrator account name. The last method works only for regular accounts that have admin rights. This is the quickest method, ...

Update, Jan. 29, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 27, has been updated with an in-depth explanation of the principle of least privilege, along with additional mitigation advice regarding ...

In the Windows operating system, the built-in administrator account -- the first account created when the OS was installed -- has the highest permissions of any profile on the computer system. That ...

I have Windows XP with SP3 installed. When I did the set up it by default I assume created an Administrator account and also at setup after asking my name appears to have created an account called ...