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| + | ===== Add a new admin user to Windows via Powershell ===== | ||
| + | This script will prompt for a new password, store it as a secure string, then provision a new user with that password. It will also add the new user to the ''Administrators'' group.\\ | ||
| + | ==== Command ==== | ||
| + | $Password = Read-Host -AsSecureString | ||
| + | New-LocalUser "user_name" -Password $Password | ||
| + | Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "user_name" | ||
| + | //Be sure to replace "user_name" with the actual values in lines 2 & 3.// | ||
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| + | ==== Reference ==== | ||
| + | https://winaero.com/create-user-account-windows-10-powershell/ | ||