This post will show you how to enable or disable Windows user. Lets say we have local user account “testuser” and we want to disable it.
1. COMMON WAY
Right click mouse on “My computer” and select “Manage” to open Computer Management window. Expand “Local users and groups” and select “Users”. In the right pane right click mouse on “testuser” user and select “Properties”. In “testuser Properties” window select “General” tab.
To disable “testuser” check “Account is disabled”, hit “OK” and you are done.
If you want to enable “testuser” account remove check mark from “Account is disabled” and hit “OK”.
2. ADVANCED WAY
To disable “testuser” account open command line on your Windows machine and type:
net user testuser /active:no
To enable “testuser” account type:
net user testuser /active:yes
This post will show you how to add local user to group on your Windows machine. Lets say we want to add local user account “testuser” to group “Administrators”.
1. COMMON WAY
Right click mouse on “My computer” and select “Manage” to open Computer Management window. Expand “Local users and groups” and select “Groups”. In the right pane right click on “Administrators” and select “Properties”.
In “Administrators properties” window click “Add…” . Type testuser and hit “Check Names” to verify that user exists on local system. Press “OK” and you are done !
2. ADVANCED WAY
To add “testuser” to “Administrators” group open command line on your Windows machine and type:
net localgroup Administrators testuser /add
This post will show you how to create local user on your Windows machine. Lets say we want to create local user account named “testuser” with password “Passw0rd”.
1. SIMPLE WAY
Right click mouse on “My computer” and select “Manage” to open Computer Management window. Expand “Local users and groups”, right click on “Users” and select “New User…”
In “New User” window enter this information:
User name: testuser
Password: Passw0rd
Confirm password: Passw0rd
Disable “User must change password at next logon” option.
Click “Create” button and you are done.
2. ADVANCED WAY
To create local user account “testuser” open command line on your Windows computer and type:
net user testuser Passw0rd /ADD
