Logo

Place to Improve Your Tech Skills

  • Home
  • Bookmark
  • Blog
    • Blog Right Sidebar
    • Blog Left Sidebar
    • Blog Wide
  • Pages
    • About
    • Contact
    • Video
    • Privacy Policy

How to create a local account in Windows PC

Posted on September 4, 2020September 27, 2021Author heroldCategories Windows
Windows 10 command prompt as administrator and Windows 10 login screen

If you want to quickly create a local account in Windows 10, you can use Windows Command Prompt as administrator to do so.


This post provides information you need to create local account in Microsoft Windows 10 using cmd.


How do I create an administrator account in Windows 10 using cmd

Go to the Windows 10 search bar, then type cmd.

Right-click on the Command Prompt and click Run as administrator to Run Windows Command Prompt as Administrator.

To create the John account and set the password facebook143;

In the Command Prompt window, type net user John facebook143 /add, and then press Enter.

If you want to add the user john to the administrators group, type the command below and then press Enter.

net localgroup administrators john /add

To confirm that the account has been created, sign out or restart your computer and you should see the new account on the login screen.


How to add full name to a local account using Command Prompt

Go to the Windows 10 search bar, type cmd.

Right-click on the Command Prompt in the search result, then click Run as administrator.

When you see the User Account Control, click Yes.

To add the full name John Biden on user John, type the command below, then press enter.

net user John /fullname:"John Biden"

Sign out and you will see the full user and last name on the Microsoft Windows 10 sign-in screen.


How to delete a local account in Windows 10 using Command Prompt

Go to the Windows 10 search bar, then type cmd.

Right-click on the Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.

To delete the John account, type the command below, then press Enter.

net user john /del


What To Read Next

  • How to shutdown Windows 10 using command prompt
  • How To Uninstall Programs On Windows 10
  • Enable remote desktop on Windows 10
  • How to disable Windows 10 search history
  • How to install Among Us on Windows 10


If you like the content of this post or if it has been useful to you, please consider sharing it on your social media and follow me on Facebook and Twitter for more exclusive content.

Tags: Command Prompt, Create Account, Windows, Windows 10

Post navigation

Previous Previous post: How to find network shared folders on remote device
Next Next post: How to configure DHCP server in pfsense

Recent Posts

  • How to install WhatsApp on Windows PC
  • How to get back to desktop on Windows PC
  • How to Open Windows Settings
  • How to find the MAC address of a device
  • Remove Weather and News from Windows 10 Taskbar

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Every week our best content will be delivered to your inbox.

Categories

  • Android (5)
  • Development (7)
  • Linux (5)
  • Networking (15)
  • Office (5)
    • Microsoft Excel (1)
  • Pfsense (7)
  • Uncategorized (1)
  • Windows (80)

© 2021 Htop Skills. All rights reserved.

  • Home
  • Bookmark
  • Blog
    • Blog Right Sidebar
    • Blog Left Sidebar
    • Blog Wide
  • Pages
    • About
    • Contact
    • Video
    • Privacy Policy