Check if a local user account is disabled... on a remote computer

Question

_{Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:32 PM}

I have a list of servers that I need to check if the local guest account is enabled and show the output. I'd rather not RDP into each machine and print a screenshot, but can use Powershell or CMD's "net user" command... or even Quest Power Tools... however I haven't found a way to query a local user other than writing C# code.

Is there an easier way of doing this?

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:41 AM ✅Answered}

psexec + cmd line should suffice. Pipe the results to a text file or however you prefer to 'display' them.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

psexec \\ServerName cmd /c net user yada yada

Otherwise, a remote PS session in powershell can do the same trick.

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_{Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:17 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

Thanks for your post.

With PowerShell 2.0/3.0, you can run the following command to directly list the state of all local users.

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserAccount -Filter "LocalAccount='$true'"|Select-Object Name,Disabled|Format-Table -AutoSize

As the Knuckle motioned, we need to start interactive session with remote computer first by using Enter-PSSession cmdlet. For more detailed information, please refer to the following article. Hope it helps.

Use PowerShell to Run WMI Commands on Remote Computers

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/07/09/use-powershell-to-run-wmi-commands-on-remote-computers.aspx

Running Remote Commands

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd819505.aspx

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Aiden

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_{Monday, September 24, 2012 2:10 AM}

Hi,

How are things going? I just want to check if the information provided was helpful. If there is any update or concern, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,
Aiden