Day: December 24, 2011

This step-by-step article describes how to use the Csvde.exe utility to create contacts and user accounts in Active Directory. You may have to use this method in some scenarios, for example, when administrators want to export custom recipients from Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and import them into Active Directory as Microsoft Windows contacts. Csvde.exe is a Microsoft Windows 2000 command-line utility that is located in the SystemRootSystem32 folder after you install Windows 2000. Csvde.exe is similar to Ldifde.exe, but it extracts information in a comma-separated value (CSV) format. You can use Csvde to import and export Active Directory data that […]

CSVDE is a command that can be used to import and export objects to and from the AD into a CSV-formatted file. A CSV (Comma Separated Value) file is a file easily readable in Excel. I will not go to length into this powerful command, but I will show you some basic samples of how to import a large number of users into your AD. Of course, as with the DSADD command, CSVDE can do more than just import users. LDIFDE is a command that can be used to import and export objects to and from the AD into a […]

When you open the properties for a user account, click the Account tab, and then either select or clear the check boxes in the Account options dialog box, numerical values are assigned to the UserAccountControl attribute. The value that is assigned to the attribute tells Windows which options have been enabled. To view user accounts, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers. Back to the top MORE INFORMATION You can view and edit these attributes by using either the Ldp.exe tool or the A… You can view and edit these […]