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ITKE
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 Disabling the administrator account on Windows XP SP2 & Windows Server 2003 SP1
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows server administration, Windows XP administration, Windows XP SP2
What are the ramifications of disabling the administrator account? Can I still access it by using the run as command? If not how can I make it so you can not log in as the admin but you can use it to do run as? I am looking to get this going on a Windows XP SP2 machine and a Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine.

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ASKED: August 17, 2010  8:25 PM
UPDATED: August 18, 2010  1:43 AM
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Some people suggest to rename the administrator account and create a dummy Administrator account and disable it. This will "kinda" hide the true admin account but it can still be discovered because of its SID... but that's a whole different discussion.
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if lets say your id is ITKE (adminstrator rights), you still can use the run as command..

if lets say you are using AD and the pc access is just a user, and the user would like to install a new software, you still can use the run as command to install the software for the user.

jinteik
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