Accounts: Administrator account status
Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options
Description
Determines whether the Administrator account is enabled or disabled under normal operation. Under safe mode boot, the Administrator account is always enabled, regardless of this setting.
Default: Enabled.
Note
| • | If you try to reenable the Administrator account after it has been disabled, and if the current Administrator password does not meet the password requirements, you cannot reenable the account. In this case, an alternative member of the Administrators group must set the password on the Administrator account by using the Local Users and Groups user interface. |
| • | Disabling the Administrator account can become a maintenance issue under certain circumstances. For example, in a domain environment, if the secure channel that constitutes your join fails for any reason, and there is no other local Administrator account, you must restart in safe mode to fix the problem that is causing your join status to be broken. |
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