Administrators is the minimum group membership required to complete this procedure. Review the details in "Additional considerations" in this topic.
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To disable or activate a local user account |
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Open Computer Management.
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In the console tree, click Users.
Where?
- Computer Management\System Tools\Local Users
and Groups\Users
- Computer Management\System Tools\Local Users
and Groups\Users
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Right-click the user account that you want to change, and then click Properties.
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Do one of the following:
- To disable the selected user account, select
the Account is disabled check box.
- To activate the selected user account, clear
the Account is disabled check box.
- To disable the selected user account, select
the Account is disabled check box.
Additional considerations
- To perform this procedure, you must provide
credentials for the Administrator account on the local computer (if
you are prompted), or you must be a member of the Administrators
group on the local computer.
- When a user account is disabled, the user is
not permitted to log on. The account appears in the details pane
with an X on the icon.
- Before you activate a disabled account, make
sure that the account was not locked out for security reasons.
- When a user account is activated, the user is
permitted to log on normally.