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I have 5 new Windows 10 Pro machines that will NOT be on a domain and will NOT be in Active Directory<br />
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How can I create a PowerShell/etc script I can run on each machine to create four local admin accounts (ITDept1/pass1, ITDept2/pass2, ITDept3/pass3) and add these account to the &quot;Local Admin&quot; group ?
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I have 5 new Windows 10 Pro machines that will NOT be on a domain and will NOT be in Active Directory

How can I create a PowerShell/etc script I can run on each machine to create four local admin accounts (ITDept1/pass1, ITDept2/pass2, ITDept3/pass3) and add these account to the "Local Admin" group ?

Windows 10 Pro -- local admin account creation, Powershell Script ?

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Powershell

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