This post will show you how to create a Local Administrator Account when you can’t sign in, using the UTILMAN.exe command line tool. Since you can’t sign in to Windows 11/10 and get to the desktop, ...

Every Windows computer has a Local Administrator account that is created at the time of Windows installation. As described above, the Administrator has full access to the Windows device as compared to ...

How to Create a Local Account in Windows 11 Pro Your email has been sent Yes, you can log into your personal PC without using a Microsoft account. Here’s how to ...

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 ...

A North Korean threat group has been using a technique called RID hijacking that tricks Windows into treating a low-privileged account as one with administrator permissions. The hackers used a custom ...

In Windows XP Home Edition, there are two basic types of local user accounts (in addition to the guest account): administrators and limited users. With XP Pro, things get a bit more complicated. Users ...

Just wondering how it's done in the big shops.<BR><BR>I have been using a single local admin account and password for all my < 100 PCs. I use this when I need to so do something that Run As can't ...

Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) enables local admin passwords to be set, reset and validated periodically. Here is how to make the best use of LAPS. Passwords have always been ...