Get current logged in user name command line (CMD)

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.

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.

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%”

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

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 ?

does we have a vraiable like %username% for user group name ?

Windows 10: Find Who is Logged in

By Mitch Bartlett 17 Comments

If you’re wondering how to find out who is currently logged into a Microsoft Windows 10 computer, there are several ways to proceed. Here are a few common methods you can use from a remote computer or logged into the local computer you are querying.

WhoAmI Command

The “whoami” command displays the user you are currently logged in and using in Windows.

1. Hold down the Windows Key, and press “R” to bring up the Run window.
2. Type “CMD“, then press “Enter” to open a command prompt.
3. At the command prompt, type the following then press “Enter“:
   whoami
4. The computer name or domain followed by the username is displayed.

Query User Command

This command allows you to see all users currently logged into the computer.

Locally

1. Hold down the Windows Key, and press “R” to bring up the Run window.
2. Type “CMD“, then press “Enter” to open a command prompt.
3. At the command prompt, type the following then press “Enter“:
   query user
4. The computer name or domain followed by the username is displayed.

Remotely

1. Hold down the Windows Key, and press “R” to bring up the Run window.
2. Type “CMD“, then press “Enter” to open a command prompt.
3. At the command prompt, type the following then press “Enter“:
   query user /server:computername
   Replace “computername” with the actual computer name of the system you are querying.
   
4. The computer name or domain followed by the username is displayed.

Task Manager

1. Right-click the taskbar, then select “Task Manager“.
2. Select the “Users” tab.
3. Details on the users logged into the machine are displayed.

1. Hold down the Windows Key, and press “R” to bring up the Run window.
2. Type “CMD“, then press “Enter” to open a command prompt.
3. At the command prompt, type the following then press “Enter“:
   WMIC /NODE:»computername» COMPUTERSYSTEM GET USERNAME
   Replace “computername” with the actual computer name of the system you are querying. You can also replace “computername” with the IP address of the system.
   WMIC /NODE:192.168.1.1 COMPUTERSYSTEM GET USERNAME

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How to find all computers a user is logged into

I am trying to run a PowerShell script to find all computers a user is logged into on my domain. I haven’t been able to get anything to work. I found the following script which will run without errors, but never produces output. Any thoughts or suggestions?

2 Answers 2

We have to login to the AD server and query the Event ID 4624, search the user logged on history from all event list. It display only the IP address of source computer. There we can use the command nslookup to find out the host name. To do do this process it required a well written batch file or power shell script to quickly findout the HOSTNAME.

If you don’t want to be dependent upon a proprietary Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement there is a native PowerShell solution available on PSGallery called Get-ActiveUser .

We can feed our list of computers to that and find any place the user is logged in to.

NOTE: As others have mentioned this will take a very long time to query all the computers on your network. Approximately 15 minutes per 100 PCs. Suggestions to check logs will be faster.

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Powershell script to see currently logged in users (domain and machine) + status (active, idle, away)

I am searching for a simple command to see logged on users on server. I know this one :

but this will not provide me the info I need. It returns : domain Manufactureer Model Name (Machine name) PrimaryOwnerName TotalPhysicalMemory

I run Powershell 3.0 on a Windows 2012 server.

gives me not the exact answers I need. I would love to see as well the idle time, or if they are active or away.

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In search of this same solution, I found what I needed under a different question in stackoverflow: Powershell-log-off-remote-session. The below one line will return a list of logged on users.

There’s no «simple command» to do that. You can write a function, or take your choice of several that are available online in various code repositories. I use this:

Since we’re in the PowerShell area, it’s extra useful if we can return a proper PowerShell object .

I personally like this method of parsing, for the terseness:

Note: this doesn’t account for disconnected («disc») users, but works well if you just want to get a quick list of users and don’t care about the rest of the information. I just wanted a list and didn’t care if they were currently disconnected.

If you do care about the rest of the data it’s just a little more complex:

What’s the best way to see logged in users in Windows Server 2012?

Right now I use a powershell script to see the currently logged in users. But I don’t see if their session is idle, active or inactive. I can see when the session was started, that’s it. Is there an easy way to see how many users are currently logged in to the server I am logged in and see their status? It should not be remotely executed. I would like to avoid third party tools if possible.

7 Answers 7

Use the query user command

Open the Task-Manager and see the users tab. There you will find a list of users and their status.

where 192.168.1.9 is the IP of the server

«quser» command will give you the active now users

the same result will give you the «qwinsta» command

Use quser or query user to check users connected

Use qwinsta or query session to check sessions connected

Also you can use the «UserLock» application to see which users logged in. By this 3rd party tool you can manage the session of the users as well as remote desktop sessions. It is a great tool in this case. I suggest you try this tool.

Its easy in Server 2016 when you are in a session:

Click the search glass bottom left on task bar

Type gateway in the box and this should bring up «Remote Desktop Gateway Manager»; select it.

Click on the «>» next to the RDS server you want to view (RDS-01) for most I guess, then select the monitoring folder

You can now see who is logged on, how long for, since what time and can disconnect them or set connection limits.

Please note you probably need certain admin rights to do this, but it works for me.