In Windows OS, we can find the current logged in username from windows command line. The logged in user information is stored in environment variables. So just by printing the value in these environment variables we can get to know the login name.
To know the login name of the currently logged in user we can run the below command.
echo %username%
This works on all releases of Windows OS(Windows XP, Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows 7).
There is another command whoami which tells us the domain name also.
whoami
Example:
c:\>whoami cmdline\administrator
Both of these options to find user name can be useful in batch files to write code in such a way that it works for every user. For example, if your batch file need to access a user specific folder, say Application data, then you can refer the directory as ‘C:\users\%username%\appdata‘.
how to know the current user password in windows 7?
run cmd in admin mode and type net user (user name) (12345)
then your password change to 12345
Use this command:
net user “%username%” “%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%”
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Suggestion to use command:
net user “%username%” “%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%”
will change your current users password to something completely random
I don't think it would be possible to find the password as it is stored in encrypted form and not in plain text. However, there are lots of third party tools to reset a administrator password if you have forgotten the same.
when i go onto command promt it says my username is “user” and say c:/users>user
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. HAVE YOU SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM YET?
The whoami command does not work in Windows XP without the SP2 Support Tools download. The command is not native to the OS. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18546
thanks bro
Can the %username% command be used to determine the user logged into a differnent computer. ex I am at computer x and want to know who is logged on to computer y. I can remote to the c drive using RDP \\computery\c$ I would also like to definively likt to know who is logged on to that computer. Possible?
No, it does not work that way. %username% always shows the user of the current login session. When you run it on remote computer, I am not sure what you would get but it won’t tell you who logged on to the machine.
You can use PSEXEC to run a command on another PC. It can be found in the PS Tools package available for download on many sites.
With System Internal tools (free http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897545.aspx )
psloggedon \\targetComputer
or
psloggedon \\192.167.0.0
Is it possible to get current User Name when it’s an AD where each user has an ID?
For example, if I run whoami or %username% I get “XX00000” but I want to get “Name SecondName”. I know windows has this info because I see my full name in Start Menu (Win 7).
Thanks
net user %username% for accounts stored in local or net user %username% /domain for accounts stored on domain.
you know this answer…?… anyone please let me know solution for georges’ question.. thanks in advance..
I would also really like a solution for this
If you are asking to find the full name or Surname run this as administrator.
net user
It will show you all the information about that user, full name, logon time, the group this user belongs to, the time it is allowed to login all of that.
When I run whoami from the cmdline I get my username. However I want to find my username from within SQL Server. If I shell out and run whoami I get the sql service user . Any ideas?
what username lets you look at the history
what does it mean by username
Please show screen shot
I have 2 accounts one for me and one for my nephews and nieces so I forgot my password because it makes me change it every other month it seems like and idk why… but I looked up a way to change it by going into the command prompts but it’s only giving me the kids for net user it says mine doesn’t exist I could use some help asap
I need to find my administrator account password when its logged in so is there way i can do it from cmd to find my password without changing it ?
hi guys
does we have a vraiable like %username% for user group name ?
Thank you very much!!! These posts helped me to allow me to use the commande “net user” because my local windows account name could not be used directely into the cmd prompt (Because in 2 words I guess…). Thnx, you’re the best !!!