Admin Option From Welcome Screen This is the easiest way to see the special admin account on the welcome screen. Start the Registry Editor Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon SpecialAccounts UserList Right-click an empty space in the right pane and select New > DWORD Value Name the new value Administrator. Double-click this new value, and enter 1 as it's Value data. Close the registry editor and restart. The registry editor is in the windows folder in the "C:" drive. It is called regedit.