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Create a local administrator account using PowerShell
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$Username = "su" | |
# Likely needs a capital letter, certain length and a number. | |
$Password = "TempPassword1" | |
$group = "Administrators" | |
$adsi = [ADSI]"WinNT://$env:COMPUTERNAME" | |
$existing = $adsi.Children | where {$_.SchemaClassName -eq 'user' -and $_.Name -eq $Username } | |
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 | |
Write-Host "Ensuring password for $Username never expires." | |
& WMIC USERACCOUNT WHERE "Name='$Username'" SET PasswordExpires=FALSE |
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