net user /add [username] [password]
This creates the user account
net localgroup administrators [username] /add
This adds the user to the Local Administrators Group
wmic UserAccount where Name="[username]" set PasswordExpires=False
This prevents the password from expiringAuthor Archives: Andrew
Windows 11 set-up using a local user account
Multi-Function Network Cable Tester
Windows Powershell Introduction
Using OpenSSH and SSH on Windows
Secure Shell software allowing connections between clients and servers for remote administration.
Related Powershell Commands:
Check the installation status
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object Name -like 'OpenSSH*'
Start the service
Start-Service sshd
Change the service startup behaviour
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'
Add/Install the service
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0Jump to remote tunnel at 7m 43 secs
Useful Commands to show the logged in user account etc:
tasklist /s <pcname> /fi "imagename eq explorer.exe" /v
wmic /node: <pcname> computersystem get username
wmic /node: <pcname> computersystem get manufacturer, model, username
Or locally:
wmic computersystem get manufacturer, model, username
Change the Network Hostname (Requires Admin account)
Using CMD
wmic computersystem where name="%COMPUTERNAME%" rename "NewName"
Use Powershell and CMD to switch between sessions on either command line
Using Powershell
Rename-Computer "NewName" -RestartWindows cURL on the command line
Command line and scripting tool for transferring data with URLs see the website Curl.se
curl -L -A "Mozilla" http://website.com
This follows re-directs and uses a dummy header to anticipate 406 Not Acceptable errors then returns the page content, you can use a full header string to represent other browsers
This YouTube video is presented by the cURL creator
Windows Robocopy command common usage issues problems & gotchas
Enclosing the source or destination in double quotes allows the use of paths with spaces in the folder names but DO NOT end with a trailing backslash ‘\’ as this will be interpreted as an escape character.
When using the task scheduler to run a robocopy command script be aware that using the account credentials of the logged-in user may be necessary for access to network drives referred to by the command. An administrator account may not have the necessary permissions.
Syntax
ROBOCOPY Source_folder Destination_folder [files_to_copy] [options]
ROBOCOPY "M:\" "X:Destination Folder\" DON'T USE EITHER OF THESE
ROBOCOPY M:\ "X:Destination Folder" THIS WORKSWindows Batch File – Copy Folder from an Existing Template with User Input
Paste the following code into a .bat text file to create a runnable script that copies an example template folder with contents to a new folder with a name entered by the user. There are an additional couple of lines that then rename and delete files in the new folder as an example of further customisation that could be automated.
@echo off
pushd %~dp0
REM request a Directory Name
set /p UserInput= "Create Directory: "
REM create directory using a source folder template
if not exist "%UserInput%" (
mkdir "%UserInput%"
xcopy /e SourceTemplateFolder "%UserInput%"
REM customise contents
rename "%UserInput%\Content.txt" NewContent.txt
del "%UserInput%\FileToDelete.txt"
)
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