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Networking: A Beginner's Guide
Adding a User
To add a user with the Active Directory Users and Computers console, start by
selecting the Users container in the left pane (with the tree open to the domain you
are administering), as shown in Figure 17-1. Then right-click the Users container,
choose New from the pop-up menu, and choose User from the submenu. You see the
New Object User dialog box, as shown in Figure 17-2. Fill in the First Name, Last
Name, and User Logon Name fields. Then click the Next button to move to the next
dialog box.
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You should establish standards by which you assign logon names on your network. Small
networks (those with fewer than 50 users) often just use people's first names, followed by the first
initial of their last names when conflicts arise. A more commonly used convention is to use the
user's last name followed by the first initial of their first name. This latter standard allows far more
combinations before conflicts arise, and you can then resolve any conflicts that arise by adding the
person's middle initial, a number, or some other change so that all user names at any given time on
the system are unique.
Figure 17-1.
The Active Directory Users and Computers console allows you to manage user
accounts.
Summary :
256 Networking: A Beginner's Guide Adding a User To add a user with the Active Directory Users and Computers console, start by selecting the Users container in the left pane (with the tree open to the domain you are administering), as shown in Figure 17-1.
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