How to log on Windows 7 as administrator

On Windows 7 Home Premium, I have two users, 'admin' and 'user'. admin was been hidden by a wrong operation, so now only 'user' is shown on the logon screen.

Since 'user' cannot change any logon settings, I can do nothing actually. How can I logon as user 'admin' and change the logon settings?

2 Answers

Here's what I think you should do.

1. Try restarting your computer in safe mode to see if now, the administrator account now shows up. If so (or if you're directly brought to the desktop - I haven't used safe mode in a while), use it to restore your settings so it appears again.

2. Enable the built-in "almighty" administrator, which should have all the rights required to re-activate the normal administrator, then disable the almighty one again. Or you could keep using it, but that's not recommended security-wise.

Useful links:

Starting your computer in safe mode:

Enabling the built-in elevated administrator in Windows 7:

On the Welcome screen, press CtrlAltDelete and a text field login prompt will be displayed. You can type the username "Administrator" here.