Netwrix Auditor for Windows Server
- Create a file containing the computer list → Open the Powershell ISE → Run the following script, adjusting the file name and path for the export:
$computers = Get-Content -Path C:\data\computers.txt
- Open the file produced by the script in MS Excel.
- Run Netwrix Auditor → Navigate to “Reports” → Expand the “Windows Server” section → Go to “Windows Server – State-in-Time” → Select “Local Users and Groups” → Click “View”.
- To save the report, click the “Export” button → Choose a format from the dropdown menu → Click “Save”.
Netwrix Auditor for Active Directory
To See Which Groups a Particular User Belongs to:
- Open the command prompt by navigating to Start → Run (or pressing Win + R) and entering “cmd”.
- Type the following command in the command line, specifying the user account you want to find group membership for:
- At the end of the resulting report, you will find a list of the local groups and global groups that the user belongs to:
To List All the Users in a Particular Group:
- Open the command prompt by navigating to Start → Run (or pressing Win + R) and entering “cmd”.
- Enter the following command, specifying the required group name:
net group groupname
- At the end of the resulting report, you will find a list of the members of the group:
To See Which Groups a Particular User Belongs to:
- Run Netwrix Auditor → Navigate to “Reports” → Click “Predefined” → Expand the “Active Directory” section → Go to “Active Directory – State-in-Time” → Select “User Accounts – Group Membership”→ Click “View”.
- Specify “Enabled” in the “Status” field and type “user” in the “Member Type” field -> Click “View Report”.
To List All the Users in a Particular Group:
- Run Netwrix Auditor → Navigate to “Reports” → Click “Predefined” → Expand the “Active Directory” section → Go to “Active Directory – State-in-Time” → Select “Group Members” → Click “View”.
- Set up the following filters:
- Status: Enabled
- Member Type: User
- Group path: The group path. You can specify the partial path to a particular group, using % as a wildcard character, or leave wildcard to see report for all groups.
- Click “View Report”.
Get a Quick List of Just User Account Names
wmic useraccount get name
wmic useraccount get name,fullname
In this example, you can see that the “Michelle” and “Simon” accounts do not have full names associated, but my “wjgle” account does have my full name.
Get a List of User Accounts with More Details
wmic useraccount list full
- AccountType. If you’re on PC that is not part of a domain—which is almost certainly the case if you’re on your home or small business PC—you’ll always see an account type of 512. If the PC is part of a domain, you’ll see other values here that represent what type of domain account it is.
- Description. This value shows a description of the account if one has been entered.
- Disabled. This indicates whether the user account is active or disabled. If this value is set to FALSE, then the account is active.
- Domain. This indicates the name of the domain the PC is part of. If the PC is not part of a domain, you’ll see an assigned name here beginning with the computer type.
- InstallDate. On domains, this value will show the date the user account was created.
- LocalAccount. This value denotes whether the account exists on the local computer or on a domain server if the computer is joined to a domain.
- Lockout. This value shows whether the user account is currently locked out, as can happen if security options lock accounts after a number of unsuccessful password attempts.
- PasswordChangeable, PasswordExpires, and PasswordRequired. These represent security options for passwords that may have been set for the user account.
- SID. This value shows the security identifier (SID) for the account.
- SIDType. This is a numerical value that shows the type of SID used for the account. You may see entries such as 1 for a user account, 2 for a group account, and 3 for a domain account.
- Status. This is the current status of the user account. If the account is operational, you’ll see an account status of “OK” or “Degraded,” which just means the account usable by regular users for logging on to the system.
And by the way, you can use any of those detail names separated by commas to get a modified list, much like how we did just the name and full name in the last section. For example, if you wanted to see just the name, full name, and status of the accounts, you could use the command:
wmic useraccount get name,fullname,status
Redirect the Results of a Command to a File
wmic /output:C:\logs\useraccounts.txt useraccount list full
When you use this command, you won’t see any results at all at the Command Prompt, but if you open the file you created, the list will be there.
wmic /output:C:\logs\useraccounts.txt useraccount list full /format:csv
Again, there’s no output at the Command Prompt, but you can see the results by opening the file itself.
And if you import it into something like Microsoft Excel, you can have a nicely formatted table with little work.
Net User Add Full Name
net user username /fullname:"add full name"net user adam /fullname:"Adam Strauss" The command completed successfully.
net localgroup groupname user /addnet localgroup administrators adam /add The command completed successfully.
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Net User Show all Users
C:\Windows\system32>net user User accounts for \\ENGG-PRO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- adam chrisd ErickJ garyw Guest krbtgt Tesadmin nathan toms The command completed successfully.
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Set Login Times for User Account
# Set login time to allow user login in specific duration Net User Toms /time:M-F,07:00-16:00
# Set login time to allow user login in specific duration on the domain Net User garyw /time:M-F,07:00-16:00 /domain
Net User Account – Display User Account Information
# Get the user account information for Toms user. net user Toms
C:\>net user Toms
User name Toms
Full Name John Paul
Comment Built-in account for administering the computer/domain
User's comment
Country/region code 000 (System Default)
Account active Yes
Account expires Never
Password last set 7/29/2021 6:55:50 PM
Password expires 9/9/2021 6:55:50 PM
Password changeable 7/30/2021 6:55:50 PM
Password required Yes
User may change password Yes
Workstations allowed All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon 8/2/2021 11:53:32 AM
Logon hours allowed All
Local Group Memberships *Administrators
Global Group memberships *Domain Admins *Group Policy Creator *Schema Admins *Domain Users *Enterprise Admins
The command completed successfully.
C:\>
See all user accounts using Command Prompt
See all user accounts from the login screen
Net User /domain – change domain user account password
net user username /domainnet user garyw * /domain
See all user accounts using Control Panel
Net User Command Syntax
net user [<UserName> {<Password> | *} [<Options>]] [/domain]
net user [<UserName> {<Password> | *} /add [<Options>] [/domain]]
net user [<UserName> [/delete] [/domain]]Set Home Directory Path For User
# Set the home directory path for user adams net user adams /domain /add /homedir:C:\users\adams
# Set the home directory path for existing user garyw net user garyw /domain /homedir:C:\users\garyw
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Set Expiry date for User Account on Local and Domain
# Set expire date for local user account Net User devadmin /expires:03/05/2023
# Set expire date for domain user account Net User Toms /domain /expires:09/20/2022
Net User to Add Domain User to Local Group
net localgroup users domainname\username /addnet localgroup administrators SHELLPRO\adam /add
net localgroup "Remote Desktop Users" adam /add
net localgroup "Power Users" adam /add
net localgroup administrators
C:\Windows\system32>net localgroup administrators
Alias name administrators
Comment Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain
Members
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
adam
Domain Admins
Enterprise Admins
admin
The command completed successfully.Net User Password Change for User Account
net user userid password
net user garyw [email protected]The output of the above command as below
C:\>net user garyw * Type a password for the user: Retype the password to confirm: The command completed successfully.
While typing a password, it won’t display password text on the command line.
Net User to Find User Full Name
net user garyw /domain | Find /i "full name"
C:\Windows\system32>net user garyw /domain | Find /i "full name"
Full Name Gary WillySee all user accounts using Computer Management tool
Step 1: Right-click on This PC and select Manage from the context menu to open Computer Management.
See a list of all user accounts using Windows Password Refixer
Step 3: Connect the boot disk to your Windows 10 computer and start/restart it from the boot disk (USB or CD flash drive). If you have no idea how to do that, refer to this page: How to boot a computer from a USB drive, or How to boot a computer from a CD/DVD flash drive.
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Net User Disable Account
# Disable the user account on domain net user garyw /Active:No /domain
C:\>net user garyw /domain
User name garyw
Full Name Gary Willy
Comment
User's comment
Country/region code 000 (System Default)
Account active No
Account expires Never# Disable local user account net user testadmin /Active:No
Net User User Password Policy
net user garyw /Passwordchg:No
net user garyw /Passwordchg:Yes
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Net User to Enable Domain Account
# Enables domain user account net user garyw /Active:Yes /domain
net user testadmin /Active:Yes
Net User Create Account with Password
Open Command Prompt
net user /add username passwordnet user /add adam [email protected]The command completed successfully.net user /add username *Let’s see with below example,
net user /add nathan * Type a password for the user: Retype the password to confirm: The command completed successfully.
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Net User Add Account
# Create a new user account on local computer with login name Teresa net user /Add Teresa
# Create a new user account on domain with login name Peter and password [email protected]net user /Add /domain Peter [email protected]
net user /Add /domain Peter *
Net User Delete User Account
# Delete the user on the local computer net user /delete Teresa
# Delete the domain user account net user /delete /domain Peter
Net User – List All User Accounts
net user
net user
Conclusion
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