This is more for my information. I do not currently have a problem.
Running 8.1 but would also like to know about 7 & 10.
When i originally got my HP laptop, it blew its motherboard inside of 30 minutes. When I finally got it back a couple weeks later, they shipped it back with the wrong HD (I had bought it with a hybrid and a regular HD was sent back). So they shipped a new drive and sent a tech. He put the drive in but could not install win8.1. Can't remember the problem. Anyway, HP sent another USB and I installed the OS myself. I don't remember giving the built-in admin a password but did create my own user with admin privileges. So I don't have any problem. But I was futzing around and curious. Running net user Administrator states that the account is not active and the password was last changed Oct 2013. That was about six months before I bought the laptop.
As a test, I activated the account but when I run runas /user:Administrator cmd it prompts for a password. If I just press return (i.e. no password), it fails. I don't think I set a password during installation and the date would seem to agree. So while I could reset the password, it would be nice if as an administrator myself, I could recover the password for the built-in account.
Running 8.1 but would also like to know about 7 & 10.
When i originally got my HP laptop, it blew its motherboard inside of 30 minutes. When I finally got it back a couple weeks later, they shipped it back with the wrong HD (I had bought it with a hybrid and a regular HD was sent back). So they shipped a new drive and sent a tech. He put the drive in but could not install win8.1. Can't remember the problem. Anyway, HP sent another USB and I installed the OS myself. I don't remember giving the built-in admin a password but did create my own user with admin privileges. So I don't have any problem. But I was futzing around and curious. Running net user Administrator states that the account is not active and the password was last changed Oct 2013. That was about six months before I bought the laptop.
As a test, I activated the account but when I run runas /user:Administrator cmd it prompts for a password. If I just press return (i.e. no password), it fails. I don't think I set a password during installation and the date would seem to agree. So while I could reset the password, it would be nice if as an administrator myself, I could recover the password for the built-in account.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- win 8.1 Pro / 64
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy 15t-j100
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-4900MQ
- Motherboard
- HP
- Memory
- 16G
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel HD Graphics 4600
- Sound Card
- IDT High Definition
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Internal / Asus Proart PA248Q
- Screen Resolution
- 1900x1080 / 1900x1200
- Hard Drives
- Seagate ST1000LM014
External 2T in Vantec enclosure
- Cooling
- lately, very much so
- Keyboard
- Rosewill
- Mouse
- Wheelmouse Optical USB
- Internet Speed
- 94/12 Mbps
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- AVG