Create an account that never expires and is a member of the Local administrators group from the command line

by | Oct 9, 2023 | IT Tips | 0 comments

In an Administrative cmd or powershell terminal run

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# /expires:never sets account to never expire NOT password
net user toggenator2 * /add /expires:never
 
# Password never expires
wmic UserAccount where Name="toggenator" set PasswordExpires=False
# or use powershell
Get-LocalUser toggenator | Set-LocalUser -PasswordNeverExpires $true
# Add to Administrators Powershell/cmd
Add-LocalGroupMember -Member toggenator -Group Administrators
net localgroup Administrators toggenator /add

To confirm

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net user toggenator

Output of net user command

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User name                    toggenator
Full Name
Comment
User's comment
Country/region code          000 (System Default)
Account active               Yes
Account expires              Never
 
Password last set            5/07/2024 12:34:28 PM
Password expires             Never
Password changeable          5/07/2024 12:34:28 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      *Administrators       *Users
Global Group memberships     *None
The command completed successfully.

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