Add new user account from command line (CMD)

 
 
Some times we may want to add new users from command line instead of using the UI. For example, if we have to add some 100 users, using a script will save lot of time and manual effort. Windows provides net user command for this purpose. This command works on Windows 2000, Windows XP/2003, Vista and Windows 7.

To add a new user account on the local computer:

net user username password /ADD
Example: To add a new user account with the loginid John and with password fadf24as

net user John fadf24as /ADD

To add a new user account to the domain:

net user username password /ADD /DOMAIN
Note that the command does not include the domain name.
Example:

net user John fadf24as /ADD /DOMAIN

Rename a user account
Net use command does not have any switches to rename a user account.  But we can do that using wmic commands. Please check this – Rename user accounts on Windows

Few more Advanced uses of net user command.
To set user full name while creating the user account

net user username password /ADD /FULLNAME:"User_Fullname"
To allow user to change password:

net user username password /ADD /PASSWORDCHG:Yes
To restrict user not to change the password:

net user username userpasswd /ADD /PASSWORDCHG:NO
To set account expiry time we can use /EXPIRES switch. This can also be used to set that the account never expires.
To specify if the user must  have a password set we can use /PASSWORDREQ switch.