Managing user account and groups with “net” command line. The Net user command line is a built-in Windows Command tool. It uses for creating, deleting and managing user account in Windows operating system. Managing user account using command line and graphical interface both are easy. But the command line is high-speed and powerful. The net command utility works on command prompt and PowerShell.

To learn more about Powershell, just read the PowerShell articles on technig.com. And let’s start managing user account with a command line.

Managing user account using command line in Windows 10: 

1. Net user command review.
2. Add a user account with command.
3. Set Password to a user account with command.
4. Change user account password using a command line.
5. Upgrade standard user to an Administrator account.
6. Delete a user account and profile with command.

To run net user command, open command prompt or PowerShell with typing “cmd” on Windows Run.

1. Press Windows+R to open the run.
2. Type “cmd” and press enter for command prompt. And for Powershell just type “Powershell.”
3. Now, type “net user /?” and press enter to see the net user command line help.

Note: If you want to execute net user to add a new user or bring changes, you must run cmd or Powershell as administrators. It does not work as standard users. To run them as an administrator, just press Windows and search Powershell then press Shift+Ctrl and press enter.

Managing User Account using Command Line

To understand the structures of a command prompt command, get the help by typing “/?” at the end of any command on command prompt and PowerShell. It will show you the help documents.

PS C:\> net user /?
The syntax of this command is:
NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
         username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
         username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
         username [/TIMES:{times | ALL}]
         username [/ACTIVE: {YES | NO}]
PS C:\>

Add a New User Account with Command Line

Let’s start and create a new user account with the net user command, named Ali with Password 123, and press enter. Type the following command to add a new user account with the command line in Windows 10.

PS C:\> net user ali  123 /add
The command completed successfully.
PS C:\>

The user Ali has been created successfully. If it shows the Access denied error, it means that the command prompt is running as standard users, like below error.

PS C:\Users\Shais> net user Ali 123 /add
System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.

To view the complete information for a newly created user account, just type “net user Ali” and press enter. It will show you the user local group membership, Global group membership, date of creation, etc.

PS C:\> net user ali
User name                    ali
Full Name
Comment
User's comment
Country/region code          000 (System Default)
Account active               Yes
Account expires              Never
Password last set            10/10/2017 9:12:47 PM
Password expires             11/21/2017 9:12:47 PM
Password changeable          10/10/2017 9:12:47 PM
Password required            Yes
User may change password     Yes
Workstations allowed         All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon                   Never
Logon hours allowed          All
Local Group Memberships      *Users
Global Group memberships     *None
The command completed successfully.
PS C:\>

Set Password to User Account with command

To set a password to a user account or changing the password of a user account, type “net user Ali *” command then press enter and type the new password twice.

PS C:\> net user Ali *
Type a password for the user:
Retype the password to confirm:
The command completed successfully.
PS C:\>

You can use this method to change any user account password in Windows 10 and other Windows operating systems.

Change Standard User to Administrator in Windows 10

You have successfully created a new standard user account and now try to add this user account to an Administrators group. The administrator privilege gives you the ability to bing changes to Windows 10 system and settings. With a standard user account, you cannot run the command, install software and change Windows settings. To change standard user to Administrator in Windows 10, just type the following command.

On the user information, you saw that Ali was only a member of the Users group, a standard group. You can add a user account to a group with “Net Localgroup” command.

PS C:\> net localgroup administrators ali /add
The command completed successfully.
PS C:\>

To remove a user group membership, type the following command and press enter

PS C:\> net localgroup administrators ali /delete
The command completed successfully.
PS C:\>

Delete a User account with Net User Command

If you don’t need a user account anymore, don’t leave it away. Delete or disable it for security reasons. Someone might crack the password and log in to your system. To delete a user type “net user Ali /delete” command.  

PS C:\> net user ali /delete
The command completed successfully.
PS C:\>

Note: When you remove a user with a net user command line, the profile’s deleted user account remains in the user profiles folder. You must delete it manually from the user profile setting. Read this article “Remove User Profile correctly in Windows 10“.

I hope you find the article managing user account using command line in Windows 10 helpful. If you have any problem or question about the managing user account using command line feel free and ask through comment. If you don’t like to use command line, try to read the article about creating a user account with a graphical interface in Windows 10.

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Command line is used mostly by power users. It gives you the abilities to do any action almost without any limitation. So, If you want to learn how to use command prompt for your next operation, this article is for you. Besides learning the basic command, you will learn some power user  commands as well. Additionally, it will empower your skill. Because what command line does, GUI can’t. We have collected the top 10 essential and useful command line commands that will help you in daily tasks.

10 Useful Command line Commands

1. Check internet connection.

An effortless command that will check where you have internet access or not. Most of the times your wifi icon lie.  So, you must use the following command to check your internet.

ping technig.com -t

If you see any reply, you have internet; otherwise, there is no internet. The -t flag means, pings the specified host until stopped. You can stop by Ctrl + C

2. System Information

To see your computer systems information like system manufacturer, system model, system type and more, so use the following command.

systeminfo

The list is long. It gives you almost every detail you want on your computer.

3. Save a Command’s Output to a File

The 2nd command shows a lot of information about your system. If you want to give those data to anyone else, you save to a notepad file. Subsequently, use this command.

systeminfo > C:\data.txt

Note: This command needs administrator access. Press Win button and search form cmd, then right click and run as administrator.

Now, it should save all of those data in the root of C:\ directory.

4.  Enable QuickEdit to Easily Copy/Paste

This is not a, but it will help you copy/paste text to command line or from command line quickly.

1. Open your cmd
2. Right-click on the window bar
3. Go to Properties.
4. Check to Quick Edit Mode

Once you check, click save and you are done.

5. See the Command History

To check which command you have used in the last session of using the command line, use the following command.

doskey /history

I should show just the command you have run so far.

C:\Users\Technig>doskey /history
systeminfo
systeminfo > c:\mydata.text
doskey /history

6. Directory Operations

For creating, deleting and changing directory, using the following commands.

Create directory:

mkdir dirName

Delete directory:

rmdir dirName

Change directory:

C:\Users\Technig>cd Desktop\dirName

Note: The rmdir command assumes you don’t have any subdirectories if you have, use the /s flag to remove everything.

rmdir DrivePath /s

// for example 

rmdir photo /s

7. View Drive’s Entire Directory Structure

Use the following command to see a drives entire directory structure. Don’t run it a drive actually; it will take a while to list all directories structure. So, it’s useful for folders.

tree

Just run the command in the current directory.

It will show the structure of that folder and subfolders as a tree.

8. Change Command Prompt Title Bar Text.

This one is fantastic and easy. You see the title bar by default is just the directory name. So, there is how you can change it.

title I am Command line User

Looks good right.

9. Open Command Line form Any Directory.

It’s a bit hard and time killer to navigate from on the directory to another directory. For instance, you want to go from C drive to D, it would take a few commands to go, but there is a short way.

In any directory you are, just press Shift+right-click, you will see the open command line here.

If you don’t see anything or just see the PowerShell, So read how to replace Powershell with Command Line here.

10. See All Your Computer Drivers.

You need this command to check which drivers you have and which one you don’t. So run the following command to list all drivers.

driverquery

It should show all drivers with the model name, display name, driver type and link date.

Conclusion

All in all, we have lots of other commands to learn. I think for this article, it’s enough. Also, we will bring you more useful command line commands in the future articles. Besides, if you have any good command to share with us, feel free to command below.

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1. Open registry editor.
2. Navigate to [su_highlight background=”#eeece9″]Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell.[/su_highlight] and now change the permissions for “PowerShell” with the same method you did for Command Prompt.
3. After you apply new Permissions for PowerShell, then rename “ShowBasedOnVelocityId” to “HideBasedOnVelocityId” and hit enter.
4. After you do all steps properly, you will see that Command Prompt back in file explorer while holing Shift+right-clicking and you have removed PowerShell also from file explorer.

All right we are going to put cmd back like the following screenshot.

Replace PowerShell with CMD

Now, find the following registry path in the Windows, registry editor. See the screenshot that shows the current path.

Remember you can scroll down then navigate the directory. You can also copy and paste the address in the address bar and hit enter it will open the directory for you. Don’t forget to look above methods if you face any problem.

The above screenshot as you see we are changing the permission of cmd by Right clicks and select permissions. Then in the permission field select administrators and check “Full Control” and click Ok to apply changes.

Now Right-click on “HideBasedOnVelocity” and Delete it. Go to file explorer or your desktop hold Shift+right-click to see Command prompt back.

But you also see PowerShell. If you want to hide PowerShell, then follow these steps.

Hide PowerShell from Right-Click

You can remove the PowerShell form right-click of your Windows 10 using the following method.

Navigate where you had changed permission for cmd. This time change permission for Powershell with the same method you did for cmd. After that on the right side, you can see “ShowBasedOnVelocityId” change it to “HideBasedOnVelocityId” hit enter. Now on the desktop test the “Shift+ Right-click” to the result.

That’s all you need to know how to replace PowerShell with CMD in Windows 10. The latest update of Windows 10 automatically replaces the CMD with PowerShell.

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Configuring IP address in a Windows with CMD performed using netsh command line utility. The network shell (netsh) is a set of commands that help you configure any Windows operating system IP address, Network Interfaces, and Windows Firewall. The usage of the command line is for pro level Windows users. Those who are playing the network infrastructure configuration. But using the command line as normal Windows user indicate your expertise to Windows environment. If you are new to Windows command line, this article “configure IP address with command prompt in Windows 10” will help you begin using command line interface.

Configuring Windows IPv4 Networking with Netsh or Network Shell. Netsh is a command-line utility included in Microsoft’s Windows NT line of operating systems beginning with Windows 2000. It allows local or remote configuration of network devices such as the NICs.

Configure IP Address with Command Prompt in Windows 10

Before setting IP address with cmd in Windows 10, you need to know how to find your IP address on Windows 10. So before everything, you must know the network IP address configuration on your system.

Let’s learn the process of IP configuration step by step. I am going to explain it with an easy pictorial guide. If you don’t understand some part, just kindly comment us and ask your questions.

The process of Changing Windows 10 IP Address with Command Prompt: 

1. Find your IP address in Windows 10.
2. View network interfaces card.
3. Change IP address on Windows 10.
4. Change DNS IP address with the command line.
5. Reset IP address with Command Prompt.

How to Find your IP Address on Windows 10?

There are many options for finding IP address on Windows 10. The easy one is “ipconfig” command. To find your IP address on Windows 10, just type “ipconfig” in command prompt. To do this process:

1. Press Windows+R keys to open the Run.
2. Type “cmd” in the run and press enter.
3. Now type “ipconfig” to show the IP address.

The “ipconfig” command shows everything about your computer network interfaces. You might have many physical or virtual network interface card.

Here, I just have one network interface on my Windows 10 computer. The result of ipconfig command shows that the IP 169.254.29.130 with the mask of 255.255.255.0 is my current Windows IP address.

This is a class C “autoconfiguration IPv4”. When your system doesn’t find any DHCP Server or manual IP address, it obtains auto IP address. So let’s change it.

How to Change IP Address with Command Prompt?

For change IP address, open command prompt or PowerShell. Both works the same and you can run all command prompt commends on Powershell as well. Ok, run cmd or Powershell as administrator. Netsh work in both command prompt and Powershell. I’m using Windows Powershell to change IP address on Windows 10 completely. Becuase the user interface and color’s of Powershell is better than Command prompt.

1. Type “Powershell” in Windows 10 search box to run Windows Powershell.
2. You need to run Powershell as administrator. Just press Windows+Shift the press enter to run Powershell as administrator. Or right-click the Powershell and click Run as administrator.

To find the network interface with the command line, type the following command on Powershell.

Netsh interface ipv4 show interface

The result shows two network interfaces. The Loopback and the Ethernet. The Loopback is Windows builtin network loopback interface, but our pointed network interface is the ethernet.

To find your IP address in Windows 10 with netsh command, just type the following command.

netsh interface ipv4 show config

It displays all the network interface configuration. The output result is clear and better than output result of “ipconfig” command on Command prompt. So to find an exact information of the network interface, just add the index ID of the network interface at the end of the command.

netsh interface ipv4 show config 2

That’s good. Let’s configure and change Windows 10 IP address with the command line. The command is bit long but easy to understand. No need to remember, just try to understand the netsh command structure.

To change the IP address of the “Ethernet0” network interface, type the following command.

netsh interface ipv4 set address name=2 static 200.100.10.5 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=200.100.10.1

Once the command executed successfully, check the result with “netsh interface ipv4 show config 2” command. Yes, the output result shows the exact IP address has set on the “Ethernet0” network interface. Now the Windows IP address is 200.100.10.5 with the mask of 255.255.255.0 and default gateway is 200.100.10.1.

Note: You can’t change the default gateway separately with the following command. It will remove the IP address and just set the default gateway address.

netsh interface ipv4 set address name=2 gateway= (Gateway IP Address)

That’s good and enough for IP address configuration in Windows 10 with the command line. Let’s change DNS IP address from the command line.

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How to Change DNS IP address from Command Prompt?

DNS IP address is the unique address in the network that resolves computer name to IP address and IP address to the computer name. In the network, finding a computer with a name is easy than 32-bit IPv4 address. To set or change the DNS IP address, just simply do it with the following command.

netsh interface ipv4 set dns name=2 static 200.100.10.30

You might see some error on a simple local network, because of not having a DNS server. When you don’t have a DNS server, it’s not necessary to set DNS IP address on your computer.

Finally, recheck the result with “netsh interface ipv4 show config 2” command. The output netsh command should be displayed with DNS IP address.

Final World

Configure IP address with command prompt in Windows has tow benefits. The first benefit of working with Windows command line helps get you improve your skills in Windows environment. The second benefit is command line is faster than GUI. If you work with the command line, you will understand the power of command line.

The Windows command line interface has improved a lot in Windows 10. Now you can find some Linux commands that run in Windows 10 and works the same on Linux. Finally, hope you learn how to configure IP address with Command Prompt in Windows operating systems. If you don’t understand, please ask us about how to configure IP address with command prompt in Windows 10?

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The users in a network using a different operating system like Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. One of the most popular is Windows 10, the latest client-side Microsoft operating system. Here we just try to join Windows 10 to domain server 2016. The process of joining a PC to a domain name is the same. You can use this article for other operating systems as well.

Before you join Windows 10 to domain server 2016. You must check the network connectivity between Windows Server and Windows 10 client. You might have a DHCP server that provides IP address for network clients. If you don’t have a DHCP server or router, you need to configure IP address manually for client machines.

Related: DHCP configuration guide on Windows Server and Cisco Router.

The process to join a Windows 10 to Domain Server 2016.

1. Set a unique name for the client computer.
2. Check the IP address and network connectivity.
3. Create a user in the Active Directory.
4. Join Windows 10 to Domain.
5. Restart client computer.
6. Log in with the domain account.
7. Customize your Windows desktop environment.

That’s all you need to apply for joining a Windows 10 PC to a domain Windows Server 2016 or another version of Windows server.

Join Windows 10 to Domain Server

In a short video, we describe how to join Windows 10 PC to a domain Windows server. But I just note some important commands and parts here. Joining a PC to the domain is not complicated but sometimes it doesn’t join easy. Anyway, if you have any issue with joining client PC to the domain, comment us your issue.

Read the important notes about how to join Windows 10 to domain Windows server 2016. The notes are important parts, if you face any problem, feel free to ask us.

1. Change Client Computer Name

Before joining a client computer to a domain in the network, change the default name. The default name is name generated when the Windows installed on the system. It is a long name and hard to read. Changing to a short and readable name helps you find the client on the network easy.

1. To change the computer name, type “sysdm.cpl” in Run to open the System Properties.
2. After changing the computer name, once restart your computer to apply the changes.

On Windows 10 you can change the computer name from the different section. Changing computer name with the command line, Windows settings and the above step.

2. Check IP Address and Connectivity

A computer identified by its IP address on the network. If the IP address is not configured correctly, the system will not recognizable. So checking the computer IP address is necessary for connecting to a domain server.

1. To check the IP address of a system type “ipconfig” command on command prompt. It shows the computer IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

2. To change IP address just type “ncpa.cpl” on Run top open Network Connection Settings. You can change the IP address manually from network connection settings or with command line “netsh” commands. Windows has many options to change the IP address. The easy way is using the GUI for newbies.

Anyway, right-click the network adapter (Ethernet x) then select Properties. On the properties select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties. Now set the IP address manually on the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties.

That’s the GUI option for configuring an IP address on Windows system. There are command options for command prompt and Powershell. Windows PowerShell has its own cmdlet for network configuration. The other options are the network shell (netsh) command prompt command. The following articles focus on configuring Windows IP address with PowerShell and Netsh.

• Configure Windows IPv4 Networking with Netsh,
• Configure IP Address with PowerShell,

3. Create a user in the Active Directory

An Active Directory user account allows a computer to join to the domain and works as the workstation of a network. Creating Active Directory objects performs from AD on Windows Server.

• Create a user account in Active Directory.
• Create User Account Using PowerShell.

That’s all necessary configurable options you need to know about joining Windows 10 to domain server 2016 Active Directory. Hope you enjoy the article. Please comment us the related issue with Windows 10 and Server configuration.

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This is how to enable Windows Administrator account without logging in to any Windows account. It means you can bypass the login page while secured by password.

The Administrator account has the full privilege in Windows. The admin account make any changes to Windows. Don’t forget that the Administrator is an account and the Administrators is a group. Any user can be the member of Administrators group. If you make a standard user member of Administrators group, it will get right to bring changes in your Windows operating system.

Related: 5 Ways to Change User Account Password in Windows

So, never make the other users a member of your system administrators group. Even if they would be your parent or other valuable person.

Enable Windows Administrator Account without Full Privilege

Do it when you don’t have any access to your Windows operating system. It’s not illegal but using this in way to harm someone’s operating system may make you some problem.

1.  In order to enable Windows Administrator account, read the article reset forgotten Windows password. I had written the article previously for resetting Windows 10 password. It’s s clear way to bypass the Windows login page.

2. When you get access to a command line interface (cmd) on Windows logon page. Type “net user” to list all available users on your Windows. See the screenshot.

Here you see the list of users.

3. Now type “net user administrator” to see whether the administrator is enable or disabled.

Yes, the Account active status is equal to “no“. It means that the administrator account is disable. So let’s enable it.

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4. To enable Windows administrator account, type “net user administrator /active:yes“. This command will enable Windows administrator account.

5. To see the result of changes, type “net user administrator” and press enter. Now the Account active status must be equal to “Yes“.

Yes, the final steps shows that the Windows Administrator account has enabled successfully. For disabling administrator account again, just type the “net user administrator /active:no“.

Now you can set a password by typing “net user administrator PassWordhere“.

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