Now keep in mind that Microsoft has gone to great lengths to prevent you from using the real Administrator account and, as you can imagine, strongly discourages the technique I'm about to show you here. This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic Photo Gallery and TechRepublic download.

In this edition of the Windows Desktop Report, I'll explain how you can activate and use the real Administrator account in Windows 7. When you do, you'll never encounter a UAC prompt. However, there certainly are times when it would just be nice to log on to your Windows 7 system with a good old-fashioned, full-fledged Administrator account. For example, you can select the Never Notify setting on the User Account Control Setting window. Or, if you totally dislike the UAC system, you can also easily disable it. Of course, you can perform administrative operations simply by working through the UAC prompt.

It is designed to protect your system from inadvertent or malicious incidents that could compromise stability or security while you are logged on using an account with administrative privileges, where you have full access to the system. As you know, the User Account Control (UAC) system is the heart and soul of the security system in Microsoft Windows 7.