In this guide, we will how to setup a local administrator in windows 10 using PowerShell.
- Open Start on Window 10
- Search for Powershell ISE, right-click the top result and select Run as Administrator
- Copy and paste the code below into thePowerShell ISE editor and save as createAdmin.ps1
Edit the $Username=”New_Account_name” to the username you want. Edit the $Password to the Password you want it to be.
#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
#Variables
$Username = "testuser"
$Password = "password123!"
$group = "Administrators"
$adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME"
$existing = $adsi.Children | Where-Object { $_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user' -and $_.Name -eq $Username }
Write-host "Calling local admin script" -ForegroundColor Green
if ($null -eq $existing) {
Write-Host "Creating new local user $Username."
& NET USER $Username $Password /add /y /expires:never
Write-Host "Adding local user $Username to $group."
& NET LOCALGROUP $group $Username /add
}
else {
Write-Host "Setting password for existing local user $Username."
$existing.SetPassword($Password)
}
Write-Host "Ensuring password for $Username never expires."Note: Keeping a password stored in Script would be considered a security risk, Consider replacing the $Password variable with code snippet below
$Password = Read-Host 'What is your password?' -AsSecureString