WD Lesson - 31

Maintaining User Accounts

• Changes to your organization or personnel might require you to modify user accounts.
• These modifications include renaming, disabling, enabling, and deleting a user account. We may also need to unlock a user account or reset a user’s password.

Renaming, Disabling, Enabling, and Deleting User Accounts

1.         Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users And Computers.

2.         Expand the appropriate domain, and then click the appropriate OU.

3.         In the details pane, select the user account that you want to rename, disable, enable, or delete. Click Action.

4.         On the Action menu, click the command for the type of modification that you want to make, such as Rename, Disable Account, Enable Account, or Delete.

Unlocking User Accounts

1.         Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users And Computers.

2.         Expand the appropriate domain, and then click the appropriate OU.

3.         In the details pane, select the locked user account that you want to unlock. Click Action.

4.         On the Action menu, click Properties.

5.         In the Properties dialog box, click the Account tab, where the Account Is Locked Out check box is selected. Clear the check box and click OK.

Resetting Passwords

1.         Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users And Computers.

2.         Expand the appropriate domain, and then click the appropriate OU.

3.         In the details pane, select the user account for which you want to reset a password. Click Action.

4.         On the Action menu, click Reset Password.

5.         Type a new password for   the user in the New Password box. Confirm the   password in the Confirm Password box. Select User Must Change Password At Next Logon. Click OK.