Windows 2000 Accounts

User accounts can be renamed. To change user characteristics, from User Manager for Domains click on the user, then select the menu item "user", and change.

Account Creation and Modification

• Local account: - Use the "Local Users and Groups" tool.
  1. Right click "My Computer", select "Manage".
  2. Click the + next to "Local Users and Groups" in the "Computer Management" box.
  3. Enter user information into the "New User" dialog box.
  To modify the user properties, right click on the user and select "Properties". User Property tabs include:
  • General - Set up when user must change password (User must change password at next login, User cannot change password, or password never expires) and disable the account here. Indication of account lockout is here.
  • Member Of - Set up local groups the user is a member of.
  • Profile - Set up the environment variables, set a network path to the user profile folder and user home folder. The profile includes desktop settings.
  • Dial-in (Only on Server computers) - Set remote access permission, callback policy, and IP address and routing information.
• Remote account: - Use the "Active Directory Users and Computers" tool.
  1. From the Active Directory Users and Computers tool click + next to the domain name.
  2. Highlight the "Users" folder and select "Action", "New", and "User".
  3. Enter user information into the "New User" dialog box.
  To modify the user properties, right click on the user and select "Properties". User Property tabs include:
  • General - Set up when user must change password (User must change password at next login, User cannot change password, or password never expires) and disable the account here. Indication of account lockout is here.
  • Address - Set mail address or physical address information.
  • Account - Set hours that the user can logon during and restrict computers the user can use. Can set::
    • User must change password at next login
    • User cannot change password
    • Password never expires
    • Store password using reversible encryption.
    • Account is disabled
    • Smart card is required for interactive logon
    • Account is trusted for delegation - The user can delegate authority for their privileges or rights to other users.
    • Account is sensitive and cannot be delegated.
    • Use DES encryption types for this account.
    • Do not require Kerberos preauthentication - For systems supporting Kerberos but not preauthorization.
    • Indication of account lockout is here.
    • Can set when account expires.
  • Profile - Set up the environment variables, set a network path to the user profile folder and user home folder. A logon script file can be set. Domain user logon scripts are in the NETLOGON share on the domain controller in the SystemRoot\SYSVOL\sysvol\domainname\SCRIPTS folder. The profile includes desktop settings. Default profile file location is C:\Documents and Settings\username on the computer that the user logged on to.
  • Telephones - Can specify the user's home, pager, mobile, and fax phone numbers.
  • Organization - The user title, department, manager, and company can be listed.
  • Member Of - Used to assign users to groups and remove users from groups.
  • Dial-In - Dial-in provileges can be granted or denied and callback options are set here.
  • Environment - (With terminal services)
  • Sessions - (With terminal services)
  • Remote Control - (With terminal services)
  • Terminal Services Profile - (With terminal services)
  • Published Certificates - Can add or remove user internet certificates.
  • Object - View information about the user account object such as when the account was modified last.
  • Security - Can set users and groups that can modify this domain user account properties.

The "NET USER" command line tool may be used to create users when used with a batch file