Unlock a local account on a remote system using WMIC.exe

You can use the wmic.exe command line tool that comes with XP, Vista, and Windows 7 to run remote commands on a system.

The command to unlock an account on a local system is:

net user [username] /active:yes

The command to unlock a local account on a remote system is:

wmic /node:[IP Address] process call create "net user [username] /active:yes"


For more on the WMI command check out this article on Microsoft's Technet:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742610.aspx

And just as a final note, the command to unlock a domain account in the domain you are logged into is:
net user [username] /domain /active:yes

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