Enable the Administrator Account In Vista Home Premium

1. Go To Start > Accessories > Command Prompt
   Right-click on the icon “Command Prompt” and choose “Run-As Administrator”
2. A DOS box will appear.
3. Type the following
   1. net user administrator /active:yes
      (this will enable the administrator account)
   2. net user administrator /active:no
      (this will disable the administrator account)
   3. net user administrator password
      (this will set the password on the account)
      (in this example “password” is the password)
   4. net user
      (this will list all the user accounts on the system)

Vista Home – Net Account

I stumbled on how to accomplish changing the password expire settings in Vista Home Premium.

To remove the password expire date in Vista Home Premium, you have to use the old command line and use the net command to do this. I looked all over the GUI account dialog box for an option to to this but could not find one.

So to lift the password expire day do this.

 

1. Under Start>Accessories> “Right-Click” on Command Prompt and click on “Run As Administrator”
2. This will open a dos dialog box. At the prompt type in
1. net accounts (this will list out all the settings for the current user)
2. net accounts ? (this will list the syntax for using the command)
3. net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited (this syntax will remove the password expiration date)
4. net accounts /maxpwage:100 (this will set the password to expire in 100 days)

Shutdown Remote Windows Computer Using CLI

By going to "Start>Run" and enter "cmd" Press OK, you can get a DOS prompt from which you can remotely reboot another computer on your network.

C:\>shutdown /r /f /m \\192.168.0.1 /t 0 /d p:0:0

From the shutdown help menu:

Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f]

    [/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]]

    No args    Display help. This is the same as typing /?.

    /?         Display help. This is the same as not typing any options.

    /i         Display the graphical user interface (GUI).

               This must be the first option.

    /l         Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options.

    /s         Shutdown the computer.

    /r         Shutdown and restart the computer.

    /g         Shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is

               rebooted, restart any registered applications.

    /a         Abort a system shutdown.

               This can only be used during the time-out period.

    /p         Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning.

               Can be used with /d and /f options.

    /h         Hibernate the local computer.

               Can be used with the /f option.

    /e         Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer.

    /m \\computer Specify the target computer.

    /t xxx     Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.

               The valid range is 0-600, with a default of 30.

               Using /t xxx implies the /f option.

    /c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown.

               Maximum of 512 characters allowed.

    /f         Force running applications to close without forewarning users.

               /f is automatically set when used in conjunction with /t xxx.

    /d [p|u:]xx:yy  Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown.

               p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned.

               u indicates that the reason is user defined.

                 if neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown is unplanned.

               xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256).

               yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536).

Reasons on this computer:

(E = Expected U = Unexpected P = planned, C = customer defined)

Type    Major   Minor   Title

U 0       0       Other (Unplanned)

E 0       0       Other (Unplanned)

E P 0       0       Other (Planned)

U 0       5       Other Failure: System Unresponsive

E       1       1       Hardware: Maintenance (Unplanned)

E P     1       1       Hardware: Maintenance (Planned)

E       1       2       Hardware: Installation (Unplanned)

E P     1       2       Hardware: Installation (Planned)

P     2       3       Operating System: Upgrade (Planned)

E       2       4       Operating System: Reconfiguration (Unplanned)

E P     2       4       Operating System: Reconfiguration (Planned)

P     2       16      Operating System: Service pack (Planned)

       2       17      Operating System: Hot fix (Unplanned)

P     2       17      Operating System: Hot fix (Planned)

         2       18      Operating System: Security fix (Unplanned)

P     2       18      Operating System: Security fix (Planned)

E       4       1       Application: Maintenance (Unplanned)

E P     4       1       Application: Maintenance (Planned)

E P     4       2       Application: Installation (Planned)

E       4       5       Application: Unresponsive

E       4       6       Application: Unstable

U       5       15      System Failure: Stop error

E       5       19      Security issue

U       5       19      Security issue

E P     5       19      Security issue

E       5       20      Loss of network connectivity (Unplanned)

U       6       11      Power Failure: Cord Unplugged

U       6       12      Power Failure: Environment

P     7       0       Legacy API shutdown