def validate_windows_cred_winexe(host,
                          username='Administrator',
                          password=None,
                          retries=10,
                          retry_delay=1):
    '''
    Check if the windows credentials are valid
    '''
    cmd = "winexe -U '{0}%{1}' //{2} \"hostname\"".format(
        username,
        password,
        host
    )
    logging_cmd = "winexe -U '{0}%XXX-REDACTED-XXX' //{1} \"hostname\"".format(
        username,
        host
    )
    for i in range(retries):
        ret_code = win_cmd(
            cmd,
            logging_command=logging_cmd
        )
    return ret_code == 0
Check if the windows credentials are valid