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Basic NET Commands

NET ACCOUNTS Adjust account settings.

[/FORCELOGOFF:{minutes | NO}] [/MINPWLEN:length]
[/MAXPWAGE:{days | UNLIMITED}] [/MINPWAGE:days]
[/UNIQUEPW:number] [/DOMAIN]

NET COMPUTER Add other networked computers with Windows Domain Controller.

\\computername {/ADD | /DEL}

NET CONFIG Displays your current server and/or workgroup settings.

[SERVER | WORKSTATION]

NET CONTINUE Continues the use of service.

[service]

NET FILE Display opened shared files on the server.

[id [/CLOSE]]

NET GROUP Add, delete, view, and otherwise manage network workgroups.

[groupname [/COMMENT:”text”]] [/DOMAIN]
groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:”text”] | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]
groupname username […] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]

NET LOCALGROUP Add, delete, view, and otherwise manage network groups.

[groupname [/COMMENT:”text”]] [/DOMAIN]
groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:”text”] | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]
groupname name […] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]

NET NAME Create or delete name used for messaging.

[name [/ADD | /DELETE]]

NET PAUSE Pause the specified network service.

[service]

NET PRINT Manage network print jobs.

\\computername\sharename
[\\computername] job# [/HOLD | /RELEASE | /DELETE]

NET SEND Sends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names on the network. The Messenger service must be running to receive messages.

You can send a message only to an name that is active on the network. If the message is sent to a username, that user must be logged on and running the Messenger service to receive the message.

{name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message

NET SESSION Display all sessions connected to the computer and deletes them if specified.

[\\computername] [/DELETE]

NET SHARE Create and manage a local network share.

sharename
sharename=drive:path [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
[/REMARK:”text”]
[/CACHE:Manual | Documents| Programs | None ]
sharename [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
[/REMARK:”text”]
[/CACHE:Manual | Documents | Programs | None]
{sharename | devicename | drive:path} /DELETE

NET START Start the specified network service.

[service]

NET STATISTICS Display network statistics of the workstation or server.

[WORKSTATION | SERVER]

NET STOP Stop the specified network service.

service

NET TIME Display the time and date of another network computer.

[\\computername | /DOMAIN[:domainname] | /RTSDOMAIN[:domainname]] [/SET]
[\\computername] /QUERYSNTP
[\\computername] /SETSNTP[:ntp server list]

NET USE Connects or disconnects your computer from a shared resource or displays information about your connections.

[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
[/SMARTCARD]
[/SAVECRED]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]

NET USER Displays users on the computer and/or domain.

[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]

NET VIEW Displays a list of computers in a specified workgroup or the shared resources available on a specified computer.

[\\computername [/CACHE] | /DOMAIN[:domainname]]
NET VIEW /NETWORK:NW [\\computername]