cmd Commands

Question 1

How can you change a local users password ?

Answer 1

While signed into an admin account:

Control Panel > User Accounts > Manage another account > select account. Click on change the password.

Computer Management > System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users
Right-click on the user and select Set Password.

Netplwiz
Windows + R then type “netplwiz”. It will open the User Accounts window.
Select the user account and click on the Reset Password button.

cmd/PowerShell
Open PowerShell or Command Prompt with admin privileges.
Type net user to display a list of all user account on the computer. Note the exact name of the username. Type net user <username> <password>
Hit Enter, and it will change the Windows 10 user password.</password></username>

Question 2

How to add a local user through cmd ?

Answer 2

net user /add <username><password></password></username>

Question 3

How to delete a local user using cmd ?

Answer 3

net user /del <username></username>

Question 4

How to set a local account as an admin ?

Answer 4

net localgroup administrators [username] /add

Question 5

how to get a PCs serial number ?

Answer 5

cmd > “wmic bios get serialnumber”

Question 6

how to display information about your network configuration/IP address ?

Answer 6

ipconfig
ipconfig /all

Question 7

how to clear cmd window ?

Answer 7

type “cls”

Question 8

how to refresh IP address ?

Answer 8

ipconfig /renew

Question 9

How to view the route that a ping takes to its destination ?

Answer 9

tracert <dest>
tracert -h <# hops> <dest></dest></dest>

Question 10

How to determine if you can reach a destination on a network ?

Answer 10

ping <dest></dest>

Question 11

How to quickly update a group policy ?

Answer 11

gpupdate /force

Question 12

How to open cmd termial in any folder ?

Answer 12

type “cmd” in destination path of the folder

Question 13

cmd shutdown commands

Answer 13

shutdown /r
Runs the reboot command
-m: Brings the system down to maintenance (single user) mode
-k: Avoids shutting down the system
-i: Runs an interactive shutdown procedure
/m\computername: Shuts down the named remote computer
/p: Powers off the computer after the shutdown completes

Question 14

How to create local account on new setup (not Microsoft account) ?

Answer 14

oobe\bypassnro

Question 15

How to reset IP stack ?

Answer 15

netsh int ip reset
netsh winsock reset
restart PC