How to Change a Guest Account to an Administrator in Windows

If you want the Windows guest account to be more than just a guest account, then read on.

Steps

1.  Make sure the guest account is enabled. You must be an administrator to do this. If you are not an administrator, go into safe mode with command prompt and click on the administrator account.
    

   
2.  Open Notepad (Start > All Programs > Accessories > Notepad)
    

   
3.  Type the following:
   • net localgroup guests guest /delete
   • net localgroup administrators guest /add
    

   
4.  Save as anything.bat (make sure the file type is selected as all files).
    

   
5.  Double click on the new file.
    

   
6. After the command prompt closes, you have succeeded.

Tips

• If the administrator has a password it is recommended to use an ""ophcrack live cd"" (search Google) to crack an administrator password.
• This can also be used to switch a guest to a limited account. Just replace administrator accounts with user accounts.
• Type the commands on separate lines or this will not work.
• To change it back, use system restore to before you changed it.

Warnings

• If you give a guest account too much power (such as administrator), anyone that accesses the computer can delete other accounts, steal files, change system settings, etc. Do this at your own risk.