Disabling Windows User Accounts

Active Directory rocks – as long as you’re not a home user (in which case you don’t have it). Windows Premium is great too – unless you don’t have it. So what do you do if you’re running Windows 7 or Windows 8 and you want to manage (enable/disable) user accounts?

Or put another way: how do I disable user accounts in Windows 7 home or Windows 8 home? Simple – the net user command.

To disable an account:

net user John /active:no

To enable an account

net user John /active:yes

Lemme tell you, this feature works great when you have kids who aren’t doing their chores. Disable their account for a bit, it freaks them out and gets them committed!