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NET command
The net command is utilized to fix, refresh or check the network or network settings. Below we show you each of net commands.
The net.exe command is an external command that is available in the below Microsoft operating systems (Win 95, Win 98, Win NT, Win ME, Win 2000, Win XP)
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Windows 2000 net command syntax examples:
| NET VIEW |
Displays a list of computers in a specified workgroup or the shared resources available on a specified computer.
NET VIEW [\\computer] [/YES]
NET VIEW [/WORKGROUP:wgname] [/YES]
computer Specifies the name of the computer whose shared resources you want to see listed.
/WORKGROUP Specifies that you want to view the names of the computers in another workgroup that share resources.
wgname Specifies the name of the workgroup whose computer names you want to view.
/YES Carries out the NET VIEW command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
To display a list of computers in your workgroup that share
resources, type NET VIEW without options. |
| NET VER |
Displays the type and version number of the workgroup redirector you are using.
NET VER |
| NET USE |
Connects or disconnects your computer from a shared resource or displays information about your connections.
NET USE [drive: | *] [\\computer\directory [password | ?]]
[/SAVEPW:NO] [/YES] [/NO]
NET USE [port:] [\\computer\printer [password | ?]]
[/SAVEPW:NO] [/YES] [/NO]
NET USE drive: | \\computer\directory /DELETE [/YES]
NET USE port: | \\computer\printer /DELETE [/YES]
NET USE * /DELETE [/YES]
NET USE drive: | * /HOME
drive Specifies the drive letter you assign to a shared directory.
* Specifies the next available drive letter. If used with /DELETE, specifies to disconnect all of your connections.
port Specifies the parallel (LPT) port name you assign to a shared printer.
computer Specifies the name of the computer sharing the resource.
directory Specifies the name of the shared directory.
printer Specifies the name of the shared printer.
password Specifies the password for the shared resource, if any.
? Specifies that you want to be prompted for the password of the shared resource. You don't need to use this option unless the password is optional.
/SAVEPW:NO Specifies that the password you type should not be saved in your password-list file. You need to retype the password the next time you connect to this resource.
/YES Carries out the NET USE command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
/DELETE Breaks the specified connection to a shared
resource.
/NO Carries out the NET USE command, responding with NO automatically when you are prompted to confirm actions.
/HOME Makes a connection to your HOME directory if one is specified in your LAN Manager or Windows NT user account.
To list all of your connections, type NET USE without options.
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| NET STOP |
Stops services. NOTE: Services cannot be stopped from a command prompt within Windows.
NET STOP [BASIC | NWREDIR | WORKSTATION | NETBEUI | NWLINK] [/YES]
NET STOP Stops the basic redirector.
BASIC Stops the basic redirector.
NWREDIR Stops the Microsoft Novell(R) compatible redirector.
WORKSTATION Stops the default redirector.
NETBEUI Stops the NetBIOS interface.
NWLINK Stops the IPX/SPX compatible interface.
/YES Carries out the NET STOP command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
To stop the workgroup redirector, type NET STOP without options. This breaks all your connections to shared resources and removes the NET commands from your computer's memory.
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| NET START |
Starts services. NOTE: Services cannot be started from a command prompt within Windows.
NET START [BASIC | NWREDIR | WORKSTATION | NETBIND | NETBEUI | NWLINK] [/LIST] [/YES] [/VERBOSE]
BASIC Starts the basic redirector.
NWREDIR Starts the Microsoft Novell(R) compatible redirector.
WORKSTATION Starts the default redirector.
NETBIND Binds protocols and network-adapter drivers.
NETBEUI Starts the NetBIOS interface.
NWLINK Starts the IPX/SPX-compatible interface.
/LIST Displays a list of the services that are running.
/YES Carries out the NET START command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
/VERBOSE Displays information about device drivers and services as they are loaded.
To start the workgroup redirector you selected during Setup, type NET START without options. In general, you don't need to use any of the options.
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| NET SHARE |
NET SHARE sharename
sharename=drive:path [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
[/REMARK:"text"]
[/CACHE:Manual | Automatic | No ]
sharename [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
[/REMARK:"text"]
[/CACHE:Manual | Automatic | No ]
{sharename | devicename | drive:path} /DELETE
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| NET SEND |
NET SEND {name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message
Sends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names on the network. The Messenger service must be running to receive messages.
You can send a message only to an name that is active on the network. If the message is sent to a username, that user must be logged on and running the Messenger service to receive the message.
name Is the username, computername, or messaging name to send the message to. If the name is a computername that contains blank characters, enclose the alias in quotation marks (" ").
* Sends the message to all the names in your group.
/DOMAIN[:name] Sends the message to all the names in the workstation domain. If name is specified, the message is sent to all the names in the specified domain or workgroup.
/USERS Sends the message to all users connected to the server.
message Is text to be sent as a message.
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| NET PRINT |
Displays information about print queues and controls print jobs.
NET PRINT \\computer[\printer] | port [/YES]
NET PRINT \\computer | port [job# [/PAUSE | /RESUME | /DELETE]] [/YES]
computer Specifies the name of the computer whose print queue you want information about.
printer Specifies the name of the printer you want information about.
port Specifies the name of the parallel (LPT) port on your computer that is connected to the printer you want information about.
job# Specifies the number assigned to a queued print job. You can specify the below options.
/PAUSE Pauses a print job.
/RESUME Restarts a print job that has been paused.
/DELETE Cancels a print job.
/YES Carries out the NET PRINT command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
When you specify the name of a computer by using the NET PRINT command, you receive information about the print queues on each of the shared printers that are connected to the computer.
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| NET PASSWORD |
Changes your logon password.
NET PASSWORD [oldpassword [newpassword]]
NET PASSWORD \\computer | /DOMAIN:name [user [oldpassword [newpassword]]]
oldpassword Specifies your current password.
newpassword Specifies your new password. It can have as many as 14 characters.
computer Specifies the Windows NT or LAN Manager server on which you want to change your password.
/DOMAIN Specifies that you want to change your
password on a Windows NT or LAN Manager domain.
name Specifies the Windows NT or LAN Manager domain on which
you want to change your password.
user Specifies your Windows NT or LAN Manager user name.
The first syntax line above is for changing the password for your password-list file. The second syntax line above is for changing your password on a Windows NT or LAN Manager server or domain.
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| NET LOGON |
Identifies you as a member of a workgroup.
NET LOGON [user [password | ?]] [/DOMAIN:name] [/YES] [/SAVEPW:NO]
user Specifies the name that identifies you in your workgroup. The name you specify can contain up to 20 characters.
password The unique string of characters that authorizes you to gain access to your password-list file. The password can contain up to 14 characters.
? Specifies that you want to be prompted for your password.
/DOMAIN Specifies that you want to log on to a Microsoft Windows NT or LAN Manager domain. name Specifies the Windows NT or LAN Manager domain you want to log on to.
/YES Carries out the NET LOGON command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
/SAVEPW:NO Carries out the NET LOGON command without prompting you to create a password-list file.
If you would rather be prompted to type your user name and password instead of specifying them in the NET LOGON command line, type NET LOGON without options.
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| NET LOGOFF |
Breaks the connection between your computer and the shared resources to which it is connected.
NET LOGOFF [/YES]
/YES Carries out the NET LOGOFF command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
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| NET INIT |
Loads protocol and network-adapter drivers without binding them to Protocol Manager. This command may be required if you are using a third-party network-adapter driver. You can then bind the drivers to Protocol Manager by typing NET START NETBIND.
NET INITIALIZE [/DYNAMIC]
/DYNAMIC Loads the Protocol Manager dynamically. This is useful with some third-party networks, such as Banyan(R) VINES(R), to resolve memory problems.
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| NET HELP |
Displays information about NET commands and error messages.
command /?
NET HELP [suffix]
NET HELP errornum
command /? Specifies the Microsoft NET command that you want information about.
suffix Specifies the second word of the command you want information about. For example, the suffix of NET VIEW is VIEW.
errornum Specifies the number of the error message that you want information about.
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| NET DIAG |
Runs the Microsoft Network Diagnostics program to test the hardware connection between two computers and to display information about a single computer.
NET DIAGNOSTICS [/NAMES | /STATUS]
/NAMES Specifies a diagnostic server name in order to avoid conflicts when NET DIAG is used simultaneously by multiple users. This option works only when the network uses a NetBIOS protocol.
/STATUS Enables you to specify a computer about which you want network diagnostics information.
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| NET CONFIG |
Displays your current workgroup settings.
NET CONFIG [/YES]
/YES Carries out the NET CONFIG command without
first prompting you to provide information or
confirm actions.
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Windows XP net command syntax
| NET VIEW |
Displays a list of computers in a specified workgroup or the shared resources available on a specified computer.
NET VIEW [\\computer] [/YES]
NET VIEW [/WORKGROUP:wgname] [/YES]
computer Specifies the name of the computer whose shared resources you want to see listed.
/WORKGROUP Specifies that you want to view the names of the computers in another workgroup that share resources.
wgname Specifies the name of the workgroup whose computer names you want to view.
/YES Carries out the NET VIEW command without first prompting you to provide information or confirm actions.
To display a list of computers in your workgroup that share
resources, type NET VIEW without options.
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| NET USER |
Displays users on the computer and/or domain.
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username {password | *} /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
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| NET USE |
Connects or disconnects your computer from a shared resource or displays information about your connections.
[devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
[/SMARTCARD]
[/SAVECRED]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]
NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME
NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]
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| NET TIME |
Display the time and date of another network computer.
[\\computername | /DOMAIN[:domainname] | /RTSDOMAIN[:domainname]] [/SET]
[\\computername] /QUERYSNTP
[\\computername] /SETSNTP[:ntp server list]
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| NET STOP |
Stop the specified network service.
service
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| NET STATISTICS |
Display network statistics of the workstation or server.
[WORKSTATION | SERVER]
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| NET START |
Start the specified network service.
[service]
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| NET SHARE |
Create and manage a local network share.
sharename
sharename=drive:path [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
[/REMARK:"text"]
[/CACHE:Manual | Documents| Programs | None ]
sharename [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
[/REMARK:"text"]
[/CACHE:Manual | Documents | Programs | None]
{sharename | devicename | drive:path} /DELETE
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| NET SESSION |
Display all sessions connected to the computer and deletes them if specified.
[\\computername] [/DELETE]
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| NET SEND |
Sends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names on the network. The Messenger service must be running to receive messages.
You can send a message only to an name that is active on the network. If the message is sent to a username, that user must be logged on and running the Messenger service to receive the message.
{name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message
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| NET PRINT |
Manage network print jobs.
\\computername\sharename
[\\computername] job# [/HOLD | /RELEASE | /DELETE]
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| NET PAUSE |
MPause the specified network service.
[service]
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| NET NAME |
Create or delete name used for messaging.
[name [/ADD | /DELETE]]
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| NET LOCALGROUP |
Add, delete, view, and otherwise manage network groups.
[groupname [/COMMENT:"text"]] [/DOMAIN]
groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:"text"] | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]
groupname name [...] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]
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| NET GROUP |
Add, delete, view, and otherwise manage network workgroups.
[groupname [/COMMENT:"text"]] [/DOMAIN]
groupname {/ADD [/COMMENT:"text"] | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]
groupname username [...] {/ADD | /DELETE} [/DOMAIN]
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| NET FILE |
Display opened shared files on the server.
[id [/CLOSE]]
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| NET CONTINUE |
Continues the use of service.
[service]
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| NET CONFIG |
Displays your current server and/or workgroup settings.
[SERVER | WORKSTATION]
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| NET COMPUTER |
Add other networked computers with Windows Domain Controller.
\\computername {/ADD | /DEL}
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| NET ACCOUNTS |
Adjust account settings.
[/FORCELOGOFF:{minutes | NO}] [/MINPWLEN:length]
[/MAXPWAGE:{days | UNLIMITED}] [/MINPWAGE:days]
[/UNIQUEPW:number] [/DOMAIN]
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