This command lists the information about your user.
C:\Users\homer>net user Administrator User name Administrator Full Name Comment Built-in account for administering the computer/domain User's comment Country code 000 (System Default) Account active No Account expires Never Password last set 11/2/2006 11:08:15 PM Password expires Never Password changeable 11/2/2006 11:08:15 PM Password required Yes User may change password Yes Workstations allowed All Logon script User profile Home directory Last logon 11/2/2006 11:02:01 PM Logon hours allowed All Local Group Memberships *Administrators Global Group memberships *None The command completed successfully. |
This command gives you information about your system user account settings.
C:\Users\homer>net accounts Force user logoff how long after time expires?: Never Minimum password age (days): 0 Maximum password age (days): 42 Minimum password length: 0 Length of password history maintained: None Lockout threshold: Never Lockout duration (minutes): 30 Lockout observation window (minutes): 30 Computer role: WORKSTATION The command completed successfully. |
Use this command to get system information about your Windows Vista Ultimate machine.
C:\Users\homer>net config workstation Computer name \\HOMER-PC Full Computer name homer-PC User name homer Workstation active on NetbiosSmb (000000000000) Software version Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate Workstation domain WORKGROUP Logon domain homer-PC COM Open Timeout (sec) 0 COM Send Count (byte) 16 COM Send Timeout (msec) 250 The command completed successfully. |
Use the net help command to get information about this utility.
C:\Users\homer>net help The syntax of this command is: NET HELP command -or- NET command /HELP Commands available are: NET ACCOUNTS NET HELPMSG NET STATISTICS NET COMPUTER NET LOCALGROUP NET STOP NET CONFIG NET PAUSE NET TIME NET CONTINUE NET PRINT NET USE NET FILE NET SESSION NET USER NET GROUP NET SHARE NET VIEW NET HELP NET START NET HELP NAMES explains different types of names in NET HELP syntax lines. NET HELP SERVICES lists some of the services you can start. NET HELP SYNTAX explains how to read NET HELP syntax lines. NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time. |
The ipconfig command gives you information about your network IP addresses.
C:\Users\homer>ipconfig Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : waggit.local Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b82b:a3c1:8ef6:30da%8 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.31.53 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.18.31.1 Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : waggit.local Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:172.18.31.53%9 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6ab8:2ca7:2e12:53ed:e0ca Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2ca7:2e12:53ed:e0ca%10 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: |
Find more information about the net use command here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490717.aspx. These commands should be very helpful to any Windows user who likes to use CMD.