Run Local User and Group Management on Windows Home devices

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Run Local User and Group Management on Windows Home devices
May 31, 2020
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/05/31/run-local-user-and-group-management-on-windows-home-devices/

Some Windows features are reserved to specific editions of the operating system. Home editions are usually the editions with the least features; features such as Group Policy, Bitlocker device encryption, support for Active Directory or Azure Active Directory, Windows Sandbox, Hyper-V are not supported by Home versions of Windows.

Another feature that is not supported by default is the Local User and Group Management snap-in lusrmgr.msc. It is used to manage local users and groups on the Windows device; it can be used to enable or disable accounts (including the built-in administrator account), delete or rename users, or manage members of groups on the system.
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GitHub user proviq created a program for all editions of Windows to gain access to the functionality. The program works with all versions and editions of windows starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008; this includes Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 as well as Server editions. A test on Windows 10 Home confirmed the claim for that particular version.

All it takes is to download the file lusrmgr.exe to the local system and run it.
The program requires elevated privileges (which should be clear). The interface looks a bit different to that of lusrmgr.msc on first glance but there are also similarities.
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lusrmgr - Local User and Group Management application, for all Windows editions

Goals
Alternative for the snap-in lusrmgr.msc, including more features

Works on all Windows editions, including Home

Search for users and groups

Connect to remote machines to manage users and groups remotely

Customizable interface

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System requirements

Requires .NET Framework version 4.5 or newer

Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 or later

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Please note the code is not digitally signed, thus you might need to suppress warnings issued by e.g. SmartScreen in order to run the application.
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