Tag: cmd
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Look up AD User Password expiration date
A little while ago, I had a user call in and ask when their password would expire. Luckily, this information is readily accessible if you know where – and how – to look. Here’s how: Open a command prompt Enter the command net user %USERNAME% /domain Read the information from the results: In addition to…
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Quickly check user logon time
With surprising regularity, I need to check when a user last logged in. I recently found a command that returns this information; quser. Using it is simple enough; open a command prompt, enter the command, and hit return: When run on a server, the command returns information of when all currently logged on users logged…
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Windows: Quickly find system information
For a number of reasons, I often find myself needing to find information about a system that can be somewhat difficult to source, such as when it was last rebooted, or when the system was installed originally. Luckily, there’s a tool to help us out, called System Information. A command line utility, systeminfo.exe, offers a…