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How to determine the username on a windows command shell
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There are various suggestions on how to determine the current username on a windows command shell without using whoami, such as this question or this question. The generic answer seems to be echo %username%. However, when I do this (on Windows XP), the shell answers with %username%. Am I missing something?
windows-xp command-line user-accounts
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There are various suggestions on how to determine the current username on a windows command shell without using whoami, such as this question or this question. The generic answer seems to be echo %username%. However, when I do this (on Windows XP), the shell answers with %username%. Am I missing something?
windows-xp command-line user-accounts
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It works in Windows7.
– cliff2310
May 25 '15 at 22:41
1
@cliff2310 you say it works on 7 but can you not see he tagged this XP and is asking about XP (That said, it should work on XP too)
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 22:44
1
It works fine on my XP system. Your observation will happen only ifusernameis either not set, or set to the literal string%username%. To find out which, typeset username. Both are unlikely, but my best guess is that you have run a batch file which usesusernameas a work variable and clears it on exit, so search your batch files for the stringusername(case insensitive search).
– AFH
May 25 '15 at 23:00
"As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines." -- voting to close as off topic
– DavidPostill♦
May 25 '15 at 23:43
"deliberately broken" is to be understood in the sense of badly maintained, not in the sense of artificially misconfigured machines that would never be seen in the wild.
– countermode
May 26 '15 at 0:34
add a comment |
There are various suggestions on how to determine the current username on a windows command shell without using whoami, such as this question or this question. The generic answer seems to be echo %username%. However, when I do this (on Windows XP), the shell answers with %username%. Am I missing something?
windows-xp command-line user-accounts
edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17
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asked May 25 '15 at 22:19
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There are various suggestions on how to determine the current username on a windows command shell without using whoami, such as this question or this question. The generic answer seems to be echo %username%. However, when I do this (on Windows XP), the shell answers with %username%. Am I missing something?
windows-xp command-line user-accounts
windows-xp command-line user-accounts
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It works in Windows7.
– cliff2310
May 25 '15 at 22:41
1
@cliff2310 you say it works on 7 but can you not see he tagged this XP and is asking about XP (That said, it should work on XP too)
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 22:44
1
It works fine on my XP system. Your observation will happen only ifusernameis either not set, or set to the literal string%username%. To find out which, typeset username. Both are unlikely, but my best guess is that you have run a batch file which usesusernameas a work variable and clears it on exit, so search your batch files for the stringusername(case insensitive search).
– AFH
May 25 '15 at 23:00
"As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines." -- voting to close as off topic
– DavidPostill♦
May 25 '15 at 23:43
"deliberately broken" is to be understood in the sense of badly maintained, not in the sense of artificially misconfigured machines that would never be seen in the wild.
– countermode
May 26 '15 at 0:34
add a comment |
It works in Windows7.
– cliff2310
May 25 '15 at 22:41
1
@cliff2310 you say it works on 7 but can you not see he tagged this XP and is asking about XP (That said, it should work on XP too)
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 22:44
1
It works fine on my XP system. Your observation will happen only ifusernameis either not set, or set to the literal string%username%. To find out which, typeset username. Both are unlikely, but my best guess is that you have run a batch file which usesusernameas a work variable and clears it on exit, so search your batch files for the stringusername(case insensitive search).
– AFH
May 25 '15 at 23:00
"As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines." -- voting to close as off topic
– DavidPostill♦
May 25 '15 at 23:43
"deliberately broken" is to be understood in the sense of badly maintained, not in the sense of artificially misconfigured machines that would never be seen in the wild.
– countermode
May 26 '15 at 0:34
It works in Windows7.
– cliff2310
May 25 '15 at 22:41
It works in Windows7.
– cliff2310
May 25 '15 at 22:41
1
1
@cliff2310 you say it works on 7 but can you not see he tagged this XP and is asking about XP (That said, it should work on XP too)
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 22:44
@cliff2310 you say it works on 7 but can you not see he tagged this XP and is asking about XP (That said, it should work on XP too)
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 22:44
1
1
It works fine on my XP system. Your observation will happen only if
username is either not set, or set to the literal string %username%. To find out which, type set username. Both are unlikely, but my best guess is that you have run a batch file which uses username as a work variable and clears it on exit, so search your batch files for the string username (case insensitive search).– AFH
May 25 '15 at 23:00
It works fine on my XP system. Your observation will happen only if
username is either not set, or set to the literal string %username%. To find out which, type set username. Both are unlikely, but my best guess is that you have run a batch file which uses username as a work variable and clears it on exit, so search your batch files for the string username (case insensitive search).– AFH
May 25 '15 at 23:00
"As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines." -- voting to close as off topic
– DavidPostill♦
May 25 '15 at 23:43
"As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines." -- voting to close as off topic
– DavidPostill♦
May 25 '15 at 23:43
"deliberately broken" is to be understood in the sense of badly maintained, not in the sense of artificially misconfigured machines that would never be seen in the wild.
– countermode
May 26 '15 at 0:34
"deliberately broken" is to be understood in the sense of badly maintained, not in the sense of artificially misconfigured machines that would never be seen in the wild.
– countermode
May 26 '15 at 0:34
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maybe you are missing the USERNAME environment variable for some reason. Run the set command and it will list the environment variables and their values. My XP has USERNAME and I didn't add it, so XP has it.. it's strange yours doesn't. But run set and see what you have
A bunch of environment variables have the user
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=user
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and Settingsuser
Added
In an example similar to the one you are in.. Here I have logged into the machine remotely, it runs bvsshserver (bitvise ssh server aka winsshd) (which when logged into even from cygwin client, will give a windows command line) though openssh server via cygwin gives bash.. You can use the openssh client in cygwin to log into bitvise sshd and get a windows command line
SystemRoot=C:WINDOWS
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and SettingsWinSSHD_VirtualUsers
VIRTGROUP=Virtual Users
VIRTUSER=user
windir=C:WINDOWS
C:>whoami
WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
C:>
In this case "VIRTUSER" has the username, though different to the one shown by whoami.
What SSH server(or remote logging in program server) does your XP machine run?
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
Well, this popped up in a pentesting lab. I got a shell on this XP machine and I wondered who I am (i.e. whose privileges I have).setis a nice suggestion, although it didn't tell a lot in the particular situation.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 22:53
@countermode what is the server? I guess it can depend on that
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:00
It's a Win XP, apparently no service packs installed.usernameis not set andwhoamiis not installed.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:08
@countermode it can't be the no service packs.. 'cos are you're telling me he has no%TEMP%either? i'd be surprised if win xp pre sp1 was so limited! how many users are there! maybe look in c:documents and settings see how many folders ther are. If the machine has so many things removed maybe it only has one user profile there! (that said.. no doubt i have no winsshd virtual user listed in my documents and settings).
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:10
As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines. Wait...%TEMP%is set.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:17
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You're not missing anything. Perhaps you're running it in powershell? If you're not getting the correct value returned from cmd, that's something you'll have to investigate further.
When in a Windows command prompt (cmd not PowerShell), enter:
echo %username%
When in PowerShell, enter:
# Returns computername/username
whoami
# Returns username
echo $env:username
# Returns table containing computer/usernem
Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select username
answered May 26 '15 at 7:59
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If you're doing this as part of a pentesting lab, you can use Kali's inbuilt whoami.exe located at
/usr/share/windows-binaries/whoami.exe
Just copy it over and run on the Win XP machine.
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maybe you are missing the USERNAME environment variable for some reason. Run the set command and it will list the environment variables and their values. My XP has USERNAME and I didn't add it, so XP has it.. it's strange yours doesn't. But run set and see what you have
A bunch of environment variables have the user
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=user
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and Settingsuser
Added
In an example similar to the one you are in.. Here I have logged into the machine remotely, it runs bvsshserver (bitvise ssh server aka winsshd) (which when logged into even from cygwin client, will give a windows command line) though openssh server via cygwin gives bash.. You can use the openssh client in cygwin to log into bitvise sshd and get a windows command line
SystemRoot=C:WINDOWS
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and SettingsWinSSHD_VirtualUsers
VIRTGROUP=Virtual Users
VIRTUSER=user
windir=C:WINDOWS
C:>whoami
WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
C:>
In this case "VIRTUSER" has the username, though different to the one shown by whoami.
What SSH server(or remote logging in program server) does your XP machine run?
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
Well, this popped up in a pentesting lab. I got a shell on this XP machine and I wondered who I am (i.e. whose privileges I have).setis a nice suggestion, although it didn't tell a lot in the particular situation.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 22:53
@countermode what is the server? I guess it can depend on that
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:00
It's a Win XP, apparently no service packs installed.usernameis not set andwhoamiis not installed.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:08
@countermode it can't be the no service packs.. 'cos are you're telling me he has no%TEMP%either? i'd be surprised if win xp pre sp1 was so limited! how many users are there! maybe look in c:documents and settings see how many folders ther are. If the machine has so many things removed maybe it only has one user profile there! (that said.. no doubt i have no winsshd virtual user listed in my documents and settings).
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:10
As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines. Wait...%TEMP%is set.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:17
|
show 1 more comment
maybe you are missing the USERNAME environment variable for some reason. Run the set command and it will list the environment variables and their values. My XP has USERNAME and I didn't add it, so XP has it.. it's strange yours doesn't. But run set and see what you have
A bunch of environment variables have the user
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=user
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and Settingsuser
Added
In an example similar to the one you are in.. Here I have logged into the machine remotely, it runs bvsshserver (bitvise ssh server aka winsshd) (which when logged into even from cygwin client, will give a windows command line) though openssh server via cygwin gives bash.. You can use the openssh client in cygwin to log into bitvise sshd and get a windows command line
SystemRoot=C:WINDOWS
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and SettingsWinSSHD_VirtualUsers
VIRTGROUP=Virtual Users
VIRTUSER=user
windir=C:WINDOWS
C:>whoami
WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
C:>
In this case "VIRTUSER" has the username, though different to the one shown by whoami.
What SSH server(or remote logging in program server) does your XP machine run?
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
Well, this popped up in a pentesting lab. I got a shell on this XP machine and I wondered who I am (i.e. whose privileges I have).setis a nice suggestion, although it didn't tell a lot in the particular situation.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 22:53
@countermode what is the server? I guess it can depend on that
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:00
It's a Win XP, apparently no service packs installed.usernameis not set andwhoamiis not installed.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:08
@countermode it can't be the no service packs.. 'cos are you're telling me he has no%TEMP%either? i'd be surprised if win xp pre sp1 was so limited! how many users are there! maybe look in c:documents and settings see how many folders ther are. If the machine has so many things removed maybe it only has one user profile there! (that said.. no doubt i have no winsshd virtual user listed in my documents and settings).
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:10
As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines. Wait...%TEMP%is set.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:17
|
show 1 more comment
maybe you are missing the USERNAME environment variable for some reason. Run the set command and it will list the environment variables and their values. My XP has USERNAME and I didn't add it, so XP has it.. it's strange yours doesn't. But run set and see what you have
A bunch of environment variables have the user
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=user
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and Settingsuser
Added
In an example similar to the one you are in.. Here I have logged into the machine remotely, it runs bvsshserver (bitvise ssh server aka winsshd) (which when logged into even from cygwin client, will give a windows command line) though openssh server via cygwin gives bash.. You can use the openssh client in cygwin to log into bitvise sshd and get a windows command line
SystemRoot=C:WINDOWS
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and SettingsWinSSHD_VirtualUsers
VIRTGROUP=Virtual Users
VIRTUSER=user
windir=C:WINDOWS
C:>whoami
WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
C:>
In this case "VIRTUSER" has the username, though different to the one shown by whoami.
What SSH server(or remote logging in program server) does your XP machine run?
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
maybe you are missing the USERNAME environment variable for some reason. Run the set command and it will list the environment variables and their values. My XP has USERNAME and I didn't add it, so XP has it.. it's strange yours doesn't. But run set and see what you have
A bunch of environment variables have the user
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1UserLOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=user
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and Settingsuser
Added
In an example similar to the one you are in.. Here I have logged into the machine remotely, it runs bvsshserver (bitvise ssh server aka winsshd) (which when logged into even from cygwin client, will give a windows command line) though openssh server via cygwin gives bash.. You can use the openssh client in cygwin to log into bitvise sshd and get a windows command line
SystemRoot=C:WINDOWS
TEMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
TMP=C:DOCUME~1WINSSH~1LOCALS~1Temp
USERNAME=WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
USERPROFILE=C:Documents and SettingsWinSSHD_VirtualUsers
VIRTGROUP=Virtual Users
VIRTUSER=user
windir=C:WINDOWS
C:>whoami
WinSSHD_VirtualUsers
C:>
In this case "VIRTUSER" has the username, though different to the one shown by whoami.
What SSH server(or remote logging in program server) does your XP machine run?
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
edited May 25 '15 at 23:02
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
answered May 25 '15 at 22:47
barlopbarlop
15.6k2590149
15.6k2590149
Well, this popped up in a pentesting lab. I got a shell on this XP machine and I wondered who I am (i.e. whose privileges I have).setis a nice suggestion, although it didn't tell a lot in the particular situation.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 22:53
@countermode what is the server? I guess it can depend on that
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:00
It's a Win XP, apparently no service packs installed.usernameis not set andwhoamiis not installed.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:08
@countermode it can't be the no service packs.. 'cos are you're telling me he has no%TEMP%either? i'd be surprised if win xp pre sp1 was so limited! how many users are there! maybe look in c:documents and settings see how many folders ther are. If the machine has so many things removed maybe it only has one user profile there! (that said.. no doubt i have no winsshd virtual user listed in my documents and settings).
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:10
As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines. Wait...%TEMP%is set.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:17
|
show 1 more comment
Well, this popped up in a pentesting lab. I got a shell on this XP machine and I wondered who I am (i.e. whose privileges I have).setis a nice suggestion, although it didn't tell a lot in the particular situation.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 22:53
@countermode what is the server? I guess it can depend on that
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:00
It's a Win XP, apparently no service packs installed.usernameis not set andwhoamiis not installed.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:08
@countermode it can't be the no service packs.. 'cos are you're telling me he has no%TEMP%either? i'd be surprised if win xp pre sp1 was so limited! how many users are there! maybe look in c:documents and settings see how many folders ther are. If the machine has so many things removed maybe it only has one user profile there! (that said.. no doubt i have no winsshd virtual user listed in my documents and settings).
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:10
As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines. Wait...%TEMP%is set.
– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:17
Well, this popped up in a pentesting lab. I got a shell on this XP machine and I wondered who I am (i.e. whose privileges I have).
set is a nice suggestion, although it didn't tell a lot in the particular situation.– countermode
May 25 '15 at 22:53
Well, this popped up in a pentesting lab. I got a shell on this XP machine and I wondered who I am (i.e. whose privileges I have).
set is a nice suggestion, although it didn't tell a lot in the particular situation.– countermode
May 25 '15 at 22:53
@countermode what is the server? I guess it can depend on that
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:00
@countermode what is the server? I guess it can depend on that
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:00
It's a Win XP, apparently no service packs installed.
username is not set and whoami is not installed.– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:08
It's a Win XP, apparently no service packs installed.
username is not set and whoami is not installed.– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:08
@countermode it can't be the no service packs.. 'cos are you're telling me he has no
%TEMP% either? i'd be surprised if win xp pre sp1 was so limited! how many users are there! maybe look in c:documents and settings see how many folders ther are. If the machine has so many things removed maybe it only has one user profile there! (that said.. no doubt i have no winsshd virtual user listed in my documents and settings).– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:10
@countermode it can't be the no service packs.. 'cos are you're telling me he has no
%TEMP% either? i'd be surprised if win xp pre sp1 was so limited! how many users are there! maybe look in c:documents and settings see how many folders ther are. If the machine has so many things removed maybe it only has one user profile there! (that said.. no doubt i have no winsshd virtual user listed in my documents and settings).– barlop
May 25 '15 at 23:10
As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines. Wait...
%TEMP% is set.– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:17
As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines. Wait...
%TEMP% is set.– countermode
May 25 '15 at 23:17
|
show 1 more comment
You're not missing anything. Perhaps you're running it in powershell? If you're not getting the correct value returned from cmd, that's something you'll have to investigate further.
When in a Windows command prompt (cmd not PowerShell), enter:
echo %username%
When in PowerShell, enter:
# Returns computername/username
whoami
# Returns username
echo $env:username
# Returns table containing computer/usernem
Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select username
answered May 26 '15 at 7:59
Alex AtkinsonAlex Atkinson
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You're not missing anything. Perhaps you're running it in powershell? If you're not getting the correct value returned from cmd, that's something you'll have to investigate further.
When in a Windows command prompt (cmd not PowerShell), enter:
echo %username%
When in PowerShell, enter:
# Returns computername/username
whoami
# Returns username
echo $env:username
# Returns table containing computer/usernem
Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select username
answered May 26 '15 at 7:59
Alex AtkinsonAlex Atkinson
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You're not missing anything. Perhaps you're running it in powershell? If you're not getting the correct value returned from cmd, that's something you'll have to investigate further.
When in a Windows command prompt (cmd not PowerShell), enter:
echo %username%
When in PowerShell, enter:
# Returns computername/username
whoami
# Returns username
echo $env:username
# Returns table containing computer/usernem
Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select username
answered May 26 '15 at 7:59
Alex AtkinsonAlex Atkinson
2,735913
You're not missing anything. Perhaps you're running it in powershell? If you're not getting the correct value returned from cmd, that's something you'll have to investigate further.
When in a Windows command prompt (cmd not PowerShell), enter:
echo %username%
When in PowerShell, enter:
# Returns computername/username
whoami
# Returns username
echo $env:username
# Returns table containing computer/usernem
Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | select username
answered May 26 '15 at 7:59
Alex AtkinsonAlex Atkinson
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answered May 26 '15 at 7:59
Alex AtkinsonAlex Atkinson
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answered May 26 '15 at 7:59
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If you're doing this as part of a pentesting lab, you can use Kali's inbuilt whoami.exe located at
/usr/share/windows-binaries/whoami.exe
Just copy it over and run on the Win XP machine.
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If you're doing this as part of a pentesting lab, you can use Kali's inbuilt whoami.exe located at
/usr/share/windows-binaries/whoami.exe
Just copy it over and run on the Win XP machine.
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If you're doing this as part of a pentesting lab, you can use Kali's inbuilt whoami.exe located at
/usr/share/windows-binaries/whoami.exe
Just copy it over and run on the Win XP machine.
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If you're doing this as part of a pentesting lab, you can use Kali's inbuilt whoami.exe located at
/usr/share/windows-binaries/whoami.exe
Just copy it over and run on the Win XP machine.
answered 13 mins ago
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It works in Windows7.
– cliff2310
May 25 '15 at 22:41
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@cliff2310 you say it works on 7 but can you not see he tagged this XP and is asking about XP (That said, it should work on XP too)
– barlop
May 25 '15 at 22:44
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It works fine on my XP system. Your observation will happen only if
usernameis either not set, or set to the literal string%username%. To find out which, typeset username. Both are unlikely, but my best guess is that you have run a batch file which usesusernameas a work variable and clears it on exit, so search your batch files for the stringusername(case insensitive search).– AFH
May 25 '15 at 23:00
"As I said, it's a pentesting lab with deliberately broken machines." -- voting to close as off topic
– DavidPostill♦
May 25 '15 at 23:43
"deliberately broken" is to be understood in the sense of badly maintained, not in the sense of artificially misconfigured machines that would never be seen in the wild.
– countermode
May 26 '15 at 0:34