Re-enable a Disabled User Account on macOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nPrerequisites<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nMust have local administrator access on the device<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nRe-enable a User from the Local Users and Groups Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n To re-enable a disabled user from the Local Users and Groups Manager<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nLog in to the Windows device with a local administrator account. <\/li>\n\n\n\n In the start bar, or via Run<\/strong>, enter lusrmgr.msc<\/kbd>. The Local Users & Groups Manager tool opens in Windows.Go to the Users<\/strong> folder and find the disabled user. Disabled users appear with a down arrow next to their account.\u00a0Right-click the disabled user, then select Properties<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nClear Account is disabled<\/strong>.Next, go to User Properties<\/strong> > Member Of<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\nClick Add\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\nIn the next menu, enter \u201cUsers\u201d, then click Check Names<\/strong>.Click OK<\/strong> to add the User to the Local Users Group.<\/li>\n\n\n\nClick Apply<\/strong> to save the settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\nClick OK<\/strong> to close the window. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nThe user should now appear as active and be a member of the Users group. When you log out of your admin account, you should now see the user account on the Login screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tip:<\/strong> \nThe password for the newly re-enabled account is the last used password before the account was disabled.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nRe-enable a User from the Command-Line Interface<\/h2>\n\n\n\n You can re-enable users from the CLI if you have remote scripting capabilities and a local administrator account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To re-enable a user from the CLI<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nLog in to the Windows device with a local administrator account. <\/li>\n\n\n\n Open PowerShell as Administrator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n To list all local users on the Windows device, run the following command: Get-LocalUser<\/kbd>\nTo re-enable the user account is currently disabled, run the following command: Enable-LocalUser -Name “Username_goes_here”<\/kbd><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Note:<\/strong> \nIf the command runs successfully, you don’t receive any results.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nTo show the accounts with Enabled set to $true, run the following command: Get-LocalUser<\/kbd>\nTo add the newly re-enabled user to the Local Users group, run the following command: Add-LocalGroupMember – Group “Users” -Member “Username_goes_here”<\/kbd><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Note:<\/strong> \nIf the command runs successfully, you won’t receive any results.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nTo verify that the user has been successfully added to the Local Users group, run the following command: Get-LocalGroupMember – Group “Members”<\/kbd>The account should now appear on the Windows login screen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tip:<\/strong> \nThe password for the newly re-enabled account is the last used password before the account was disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You should also be able to see the user in the netplwiz.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhen you remove access to a Windows device from a user in JumpCloud, JumpCloud disables, rather than deletes that user. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"support_category":[2852,2924],"support_tag":[],"coauthors":[2837,3011],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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