Local Users and Groups in Windows10 Home upgrade

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To add a new user and group in Windows 10 Home I tried to do it using lusrmgr.msc on Run. Which works for many, but for my version of Windows10, I am able to add users only through control panel. Computer Management Window ,error message: local users and groups this snapin may not be used with this edition of windows 10 I did find a fix, but it is applicable only for Pro and Enterprise editions of Windows. link for Fix I also see that we can use control panel, but that is not best way, because I wanted to add groups, please explain if we can use control panel to do it.

Krtti

Posted 2016-08-03T23:58:47.013

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Your question is not clear. Please edit your question. – Ramhound – 2016-08-04T01:07:23.373

I wanted to add a user to Local users and groups, but I am unable because of some new windows update, there is a fix but that is limited for few versions of windows – Krtti – 2016-08-04T02:42:47.360

2If you want that capability you will have to upgrade to Windows 10 Professional, Education, or Enterprise. Windows 10 Home has never had access to lusrmgr.msc – Ramhound – 2016-08-04T03:19:59.600

Thanks for information @Ramhound , will work on how to upgrade, your suggestions are most welcome – Krtti – 2016-08-04T03:55:16.443

How you upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Prodessional is well document. What step are you stuck on? – Ramhound – 2016-08-04T05:46:54.587

1I don't have a home edition but try to run PowerShell as an administrator and then run: New-LocalGroup -Name "MyGroup" and Add-LocalGroupMember -Group MyGroup -Member username, or even you can use the old net localgroup command – Peter Hahndorf – 2016-08-04T08:04:43.497

@Ramhound I did upgrade to Windows10 Enterprise, thanks for your time – Krtti – 2016-08-04T17:53:38.083

@PeterHahndorf - You didn't have Windows 10 Professional, you never said what version you had, the fact you couldn't use the applet told me what you didn't have. Windows 10 Single Language is basically Windows 10 Home. – Ramhound – 2016-08-04T17:56:00.200

Answers

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You can add new user in windows 10 with help of the following method,

  1. Windows Key + R
  2. Type "netplwiz" without quotes
  3. Press Enter
  4. In "Users" tab click on "Add..."
  5. Follow the instruction. You can add local user or a microsoft account
  6. After adding user then click on "Advanced" tab
  7. And change the group of the added user into user or administrator

other way to press windows logo + R and type control userpasswords2 in the run box, then press enter and it will take the same place to the above mentioned users tab.

dot IT Solutions

Posted 2016-08-03T23:58:47.013

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1This works like a charm. Too bad it isn't easier to find in Windows 10. – A Child of God – 2019-02-19T01:26:37.157

I can't see a way to edit a local user's group membership or other advanced settings that are only exposed in the Local Users and Groups snap-in - while software is still free to install itself and create its own users and groups (looking at you, NVIDIA). This is only going to cost Microsoft in user-frustration IT techs being unable to clean-up poorly written software. – Dai – 2019-08-23T00:18:53.603

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