Manage your Personal Computer (PC) by multiple account

There are two types of Users:

 1. Standard user.

One who is given access to a machine to a machine but has restricted access to do things like install software or change certain settings.

2. Administrators.

The user that has complete control over a machine. Note. Multiple administrators on a machine can be as well.

 

Windows Domain:

A network of computers, users, files, etc that are added to a central database.

Computer Management tool:

is a tool that is used for managing a single machine locally. Note. In the "Enterprise environment" multiple machines can be managed that is called Domain.

 

Options menu in the "Computer Management tool" are described below briefly.

Task scheduler: This scheduler programs and tasks to run at certain times. E.g. automatically shutting off the computer at 11.00pm every night.

Event viewer: This is where our system stores its system logs.

Shared folders: Different users on the machine can share folder and files with each other.

Local Users and groups: This is where user and group can be managed. And important for managing multiple accounts.

Performance: This shows monitoring the resources of the machine-like CPU, RAM.

Device Manager: Devices like network card, etc can be managed.

Services and Application: shows the programs and services that are available on the system.

 

User Access Control (UAC),

A feature in windows that prevents unauthorized changes to a system.

Viewing user and group information using a Graphical User Interface.

steps:

                use “computer management tool”.

Viewing user and group information using Command line Interpret:

 

> get-localuser

> get-localgroup

> get-localgroupmember administrators

 

Windows: Passwords change/modify using Graphical User interface.

use “computer management tool”.

 

Windows: Passwords change/modify using Command line interpret:

                to change a local user password in powershell, DOS style net command is used. Note for old DOS style commands, /? is used for help.

 

> net /?

> net user [username] ['password']

or

> net user [username] *

> net user [username] /logonpasswordchg:yes

 

 

Windows: Adding and Removing Users using Graphical User Interface:

use “computer management tool”.

 

Windows: Adding and Removing Users using Command line interpret:

 

Add local user account:

> net user [username] * /add

> net user [username] /logonpasswordchg:yes

 

Removing:

> net user [username] /del

or

> remove-localuser [username]