Adding a user from a Windows command prompt is easy. We can use the net user command. Specify the username and password, append a /ADD and we are off to the races.
net user username password /ADD
Example Command.
net user incredigeek mysecurepassword /ADD
https://www.windows-commandline.com/add-user-from-command-line/
Normally you can’t run the Group Policy Editor on Windows Home editions. But there is a way to enable it.
First, open up a Command Prompt (Not Terminal) as Administrator
Now copy and paste each of the commands.
FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO (DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F")
FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO (DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F")
Now we can launch Group Policy Editor by typing in the following
gpedit.msc
More details can be found at the following sites
File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD Error code: 0x000000f The Boot Configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors.
The following notes may be of some help when trying to resolve the above error. Think the primary issue had to do with cloning a GPT drive to a RAID array that was using MBR. So think everything worked after converting it to GPT
All the commands are/were run from a recovery Command Prompt
Convert MBR disk to GPT
After running the following command the EFI directory was automatically created.
The command is supposed to be non destructive. Change the disk to whichever disk your trying to change to gpt.
gpt2efi /validate /disk:0
Other commands
If running the above command did not work then you may give the following command a try. Change the drive names where appropriate.
bcdboot c:\windows /s s: /f UEFI /vYou may be able to get away with just using
cdboot c:\windowYou can check if the above worked by seeing if it created any files in the directory, if new efi partition is S:, then from a command prompt run
S:
dir
Commands for recreating the EFI partition (WARNING! MAY DESTROY DATA!)
diskpart list disk select disk # Note: Select the disk where you deleted the EFI System partition. list partition create partition efi format quick fs=fat32 list partition list volume
Shutdown
shutdown /s
Hibernate
shutdown /h
Log off
shutdown /l
You’ll need administrator privileges to use these command. You can also run them from a command prompt in recovery
Check Status
manage-bde -status
Turn off Encryption
manage-bde -off C:
Change C: to the drive that has BitLocker on it. Check with the status command. May not be C if your in recovery.
Also note that after the encryption is turned off it takes awhile to decrypt. Check with status command
Unlock BitLocker Encrypted Drive
manage-bde -unlock C: -recoverypassword 11111-...-99999
Replace C: with actual drive
Replace the numbers at the end to your actual recovery key.
There are a few different ways to view the system uptime. either the Task Manager or the Command Prompt.
Task Manager
Launch the Task manager by using the Ctrl+Shift+ESC Shortcut keys, Right clicking on the Task Bar, or by searching and launching from the start menu.
Go to the Performance tab, view Up time at the bottom (On Windows 10 you may need to hit More “details first”
Command Prompt
Launch the Command Prompt. Can do this by clicking start and searching for cmd.
Then run
systeminfo | find "System Boot Time"
It’ll show you when the system last started up.
Example:
C:\Users\Owner>systeminfo | find "System Boot Time" System Boot Time: 6/21/2018, 3:45:12 AM C:\Users\Owner>