Setting Administrator active:no removes the administrator from the security pop-up???

Hello;

In the past I've been able to set Administrator /active:no (via the net user command), and have always been able to execute a RUN AS to accomplish any functions that require admin authority ...

However, under our Vista Home Premium pc w/ SP 2, the resultant pop-up dialogue will NOT even list the Administrator logon-id anymore ... ??? So I can't run any Admin tasks unless I cold boot into Safe mode, and restore the Administrator logon-id again ...???

How can I correct this?

(This is on a pc that the rest of the family uses; so they don't want to see the Administrator logon-id when they start the pc, but I have not given the "family" logon-id admin authority...)

Thanks in advance!!

If you want to hide a user account from the Login screen, but still have it available, you could rty the following:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/6222/...-login-screen/

Thanks for this pointer ... but I hesitate to try it on the ADMINISTRATOR account ..?

Possibly useful links:

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/300-access...-windows-vista

http://superuser.com/questions/87648...-windows-vista

http://gchandra.wordpress.com/2007/0...-home-premium/

Note: Even though the account name might not be listed, you should still be able to type it in.