How to Create a Local User in Windows 11

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Do you wish to add a local user to the list of users on your Windows 11 computer? This guide gives you three methods to add local a user to Windows 11.

Option 1: Create a Local User with Local Users and Groups

To add a new local user from local users and groups, follow the steps below:

1. Press the Windows Start key + R key to open the Run command.

2. When the Run command opens, type lusrmgr.msc in the search field and click OK. This action will open Local Users and Groups.

3. On the left of the Local Users and Group screen, right-click on Users and select New User.

4. On the New User pop-up screen, enter the Users Name, Full Name, Description, as well as password. However, you will need to input the password twice.
   Furthermore, if you want to force the new user to change their password when they log on, check the box “User must change password at next logon”.
5. Click Create to add the new user to your local user’s list.

6. Once the new user is created, click Close.

7. Then, double-click Users to check that the new user is on the list.

8. By default, a new local user is a member of the Users group. Hence, to add the user to another local group, double-click the new user and click on the Member of Tab.

9. Next, click Add. Then, when the Select Groups menu opens, type administrators in the highlighted box.

10. To get the group name to appear, click Check names. When the group name appears, click OK.

11. You will be taken back to the User Properties page, click OK to close the page.

Option 2: Create a Local User with Windows Settings

The second method I want to teach you in this article is to add a user from Windows settings. Follow the steps below to perform this task:

1. Right-click the Windows 11 start menu on your Taskbar and select Settings.

2. On the left pane of the Settings screen, click Accounts.

3. Then, on the right pane of Accounts settings, click Family and other users.

4. Next, click Add account to add a new user to your PC.

5. The Microsoft account Wizard will be launched, click on I don’t have this person’s sign-in information.

6. On the Create account screen, click Add a user without a Microsoft account.

7. You will be directed to a Create an account for this PC pop-up screen, enter the user name of the user in the field beneath the Who’s going to use this PC. Then, enter a password in the subsequent fields.

8. Furthermore, scroll down and complete the 3 security questions with answers. When you finish, click Next to create the account.

9. You will be taken back to the Family and other users.

10. Moving on, to add the user to a local group (maybe make the user an administrator), click on the user. Then, click Change account type.

11. On the Change account type pop-up screen, click the drop-down and select Administrator.

12. Finally, click OK to save your changes.

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Option 3: Create a Local User with PowerShell

The third and final method I want to show you in this article is how to add a user with PowerShell. This method is mainly for System Administrators.

Follow the steps below:

1. Click on the Windows 11 search icon on your Taskbar and type powershell in the search field.

2. Then, from the results of your search right-click Windows PowerShell and select  Run as administrator.

3. You will receive a User Account Control prompt requesting permission to allow PowerShell to make changes to your PC. Click Yes to continue.
4. In PowerShell, type the command below and press enter,

$Pwd = Read-Host -AsSecureString

5. When you enter the command above, type the password you wish to use for the user in the blinking cursor. Then, press enter.

6. To add a local user in Windows 11, type the command below and press enter.
   Change  “itechguides3” to the username you wish to create. Also, change the Description to what you want.

New-LocalUser "itechguides3" -Password $Pwd -FullName "iTechGUides TestUser3" -Description "Test user created with PS"

7. To add the user you just created to the local administrators group, type the command below and press enter.

Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "itechguides3"

8. To confirm that the user is now a member of the administrators group, type the command below and press enter.

Get-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators"

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

A local user account is an account on your computer that is connected to one PC only thereby making it secure and private. This is because your sign-in credentials such as your username and password are stored locally on the hard drive of the PC.

Thus, this guide teaches you how to add new users to the list of local users on your Windows 11 PC. Specifically, this guide gave you three methods to perform the task.

I showed you how to add new users from local users and groups and Windows settings. Furthermore, I also taught you how to add users in Windows 11 with PowerShell.

Hence, you should be able to add new users to your Windows 11 PC by following any of the methods mentioned above.

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