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To test the account, open a CMD Window and run the following: | To test the account, open a CMD Window and run the following: | ||
<pre>runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe</pre> | <pre> | ||
runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe | |||
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You will then be prompted to enter a password. | You will then be prompted to enter a password. | ||
If the password is incorrect you will get the following: | If the password is incorrect you will get the following: | ||
<pre> | <pre style="color: silver; background: black;width: 800px"> | ||
c:\>runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe | c:\>runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe | ||
Enter the password for domain.local\user1: | Enter the password for domain.local\user1: | ||
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If the password was correct Windows Notepad will open. | If the password was correct Windows Notepad will open. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:07, 20 March 2022
You may need to test a Windows user account when troubleshooting an issue but the account in questions may not have permissions to say remote desktop etc.
To test the account, open a CMD Window and run the following:
runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe
You will then be prompted to enter a password. If the password is incorrect you will get the following:
c:\>runas /u:domain.local\user1 notepad.exe Enter the password for domain.local\user1: Attempting to start notepad.exe as user "domain.local\user1" ... RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - notepad.exe 1326: The user name or password is incorrect.
If the password was correct Windows Notepad will open. <comments />