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How to Make a Local Administrator Account

How to Make a Local Administrator Account
In this Instructable, I will show you how to:
1) Make a new account and simultaneously make it a local admin.
2) Turn an existing account into a local admin.

This is very easy, and can be done at school. THIS WILL NOT MAKE YOU A NETWORK ADMIN! It will only make you an administrator on that computer.
 
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Step 1Make a New Account, and Make it an Administrator.

Make a New Account, and Make it an Administrator.
Ok. So what you need to do is open Notepad. As usual, I will use Notepad++. Type the following:

@echo off
net user USERNAME PASSWORD /add
goto admin

:admin
@echo off
net localgroup administrators USERNAME /add

This is what you just typed means:
@echo off: This makes the file look more professional. It is purely superficial.

Everything else is pretty easy to figure out. If you have trouble with it, goto [http://www.instructables.com/id/Batch-Files-Some-basics...../ this Instructable]. Save it as a batch file. To do this, save it into a folder with some random name with .bat at the end. Where it says Save as type:, click on the drop-down menu and select All types. Look at one of the pictures below to see an example.

Now, we need to configure this file. Replace the word USERNAME with a username. It needs to be the same in both places. Replace PASSWORD with a password.
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Mar 27, 2012. 8:59 AMianm077 says:
this seems to not work at my school as an error code 5 appears, any diea how i can resolve this
Nov 4, 2011. 10:12 AMbjman664 says:
this dont work for me... that makes me shad ):
Nov 4, 2011. 10:10 AMbjman664 says:
im confused
Sep 5, 2011. 8:03 PMehart42 says:
How do you find out if your an admin
Apr 23, 2011. 6:52 PMtbowden says:
hi my school has banned games like halo,cod and age of empires. they have also blocked notepad.
to access these when they are blocked rename them to iexplore. school does not ban ie so they will open.
this works try it.
Jan 18, 2011. 2:31 AMMartiny says:
We had some students at school doing this. It was easily noticeable because we have a monitoring program. But still, this is quite annoying.
Mar 29, 2011. 12:32 AMaamiralikhan says:
will you tell me plz how they did or doing....
Mar 29, 2011. 12:31 AMaamiralikhan says:
so tell me what to do...how to hack....how to crack....
Jun 22, 2010. 1:25 AMNacho_man says:
if the user is found could they trace it back to me?
Mar 26, 2010. 11:08 PMXmas50 says:
It just hides any output without an echo before it.
Jul 5, 2009. 7:59 AMnicka101 says:
@echo off doesn't just make it look more professional it means that the command prompt window doesn't pop up and alert the network admin at your school
Dec 16, 2009. 7:23 PMMrMystery96 says:
corection, technically, the "@echo off" command is for esssentially "toggling the on/off button on 'display the hidden workings'". on larger programs, for example, spydr, (a program i wrote long ago) the command box is still up, but doesnt display all those pesky little details that make it run.
Oct 5, 2008. 12:52 AMthenerd says:
Keep in mind some administrators at schools block these DOS commands thus rendering this technique obsolete. however this technique should work on almost any home computer where security is not thought through properly.
Sep 23, 2009. 9:01 PMpteranosaur says:
Hey-I need to upgrade to Admin or Admin group,am blatantly ignorant on comps-owner has left the State and left comp here for my use...mail me @yahoo.com
Sep 23, 2009. 9:02 PMpteranosaur says:
...would consider 'outside help'...
Jul 7, 2009. 2:27 AMRedFlash says:
Batch files use DOS commands, so that paralyses the DOS system
Oct 15, 2008. 10:34 AMrdsqc22 says:
I've tried a whole bunch of things, including this, but it hasn't worked. My school blocks the commands from working, unless you have an administrator account. It tells me it is a "System 5 error". Here's a screenshot.
Jan 14, 2009. 7:22 PMDYLEGO says:
you can run a notepad batch in most schools, but cmd won't work.
Mar 13, 2009. 5:37 PMSparkythehappygirafe says:
to get cmd to work type in this exactly as it appears, it'll work: @echo off command comand.com
Mar 13, 2009. 6:24 PMSparkythehappygirafe says:
Ya i know, my way though does not show you these error messages and you can actually do something in the command prompt without havint to exit
Jan 15, 2009. 10:28 AMrdsqc22 says:
Batch gives the same error as command. Its just a different way of doing the same thing.
Jan 15, 2009. 3:08 PMDYLEGO says:
that means notepad is blocked, not batch
Jul 7, 2009. 2:29 AMRedFlash says:
what are you talking about????? Notepad can't be blocked. It's batch that can be blocked...
Jan 15, 2009. 5:51 AMDYLEGO says:
But there is one way to block batch: disable notepad. But, I'm sure kids could find their way around it, like they could figure out how to get notepad on a flash drive and boot it from there...
Jan 25, 2012. 8:14 PMsdbforthewin says:
very easy to get around notepad blocks. right click background. in the pulldown menu, select new and then text document. viola, notepad in it's fullest. XD
Jan 15, 2009. 10:29 AMrdsqc22 says:
Naw, its easier than that. in IE, go to any web page and view the page source. Voila, notepad.
Jan 15, 2009. 3:09 PMDYLEGO says:
You can't get notepad that way if it is blocked!
Jan 15, 2009. 10:30 AMrdsqc22 says:
Yeah, i guess
Jul 7, 2009. 2:26 AMRedFlash says:
This does not create an administrator account because it comes up with system error 5.
Jun 6, 2009. 5:23 PMrandomguy96 says:
how do you open the file to "reconfigure the file"?
Jun 3, 2009. 5:47 PMsparx01 says:
i tried it- no success. :(
Dec 6, 2008. 9:46 AMArbitror says:
This isn't going to work on most school computers, or other blocked computers. The net command is restricted to all but the admin...
Nov 25, 2008. 1:07 PMMasterMediaXD says:
BTW my school's blocked batch and command prompt files! Command prompt fails even with a bat to exe converter!
Nov 6, 2008. 1:31 PMspman123 says:
You actually need admin privileges to use most of the "net" commands in the first place, shich is why it returns System Error 5 for non-admins. The only way to get admin privileges is by booting from a live cd or something like that or trying some privilege escalation exploits.
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