User login creation issue

[Penny]

I'm running into issues where I'm trying to create a new user and the login
id already exists.

I haven't been at this company very long and maybe there was a good reason
why they adopted the idea of making the user login id to be their initials,
but it's very cumbersome.

Is there any way to query active directory by the login ID to be able to
determine who is using that login and to delete the user if it's disabled?

 

[Meinolf Weber]

Hello Penny,

not really sure what you mean but in AD rightclick your domain and choose
find, type the user id and search. You will see if the account is disabled
and maybe the properties are filled with the real name of the user.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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[Ken Aldrich]

With Microsoft's "Active Directory Users and Computers" tool you can do a
search on logon name (sAMAccountName).

Right-click on the domain name in the left pane and click "Find..." in the
flyout menu.
Make sure the "Find:" field is set to "Users, Contacts, and Groups" and the
"In:" field is configured to search your entire domain.
Go to the Advanced Tab
On the "Field" dropdown choose user, then "Logon Name (pre-Windows 2000)"
Set the "Condition:" field to the desired expression
For the logon name that you wish to search for, put the logon name in the
"Value:" field.
Click the "Add" button
Click the "Find Now" button.

The results window will show you the users found. The icon will indicate if
the user is enabled or disabled. You can right-click on the user to manage
it.

You can also use third-party tools to make this process a little easier.
Many DSRAZOR customers build a search similar to this right into their user
creation applets so it prompts them to make a search before creating a user.
This makes it automatically a part of the user creation process.

 

[Remco]

you can use the DSquery command

 

[Remco]

it;s explained in this link :

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...43fd-4985-b429-cd53d3046f011033.mspx?mfr=true

Remco.