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by rcoll 1 view

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I have got a text file (csv) of a list of users (new college students) I need to create. I can reimport from our database into FirstName, LastName, combined, or whatever. They will all have the same style of username, logon script, group, and so on.

How do I import these names into User Manager and create accounts? I want them to have a generic password they have to change once they log on.

Does Microsoft have a command prompt or GUI to do this?

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by ps101

The addusers.exe on the NT Server resource kit works fairly well and is free. The following url is for an article that describes the syntax for using it; http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q199/8/78.ASP
This is a good way to get many users added at once but the order of the fields in the script you create don't always go into the proper profile fields. I was in a time crunch and didn't have the time to play with the field orders. If you are just adding basic info it works fine.Also I have seen recommendations to add only 150 users at one time. On my server I added more than that without a problem though.

by mct1

Try the addusers.exe tool available with the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit. Details on how to use can be found in Knowledge Base Article Q199878.

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