Log on to Windows. Activate Windows. Configure your server roles.

Pick a naming scheme to follow when creating user logon names. For example, use the first letter of the first name followed by the complete last name, the complete first name followed by the first letter of the last name, or any other scheme that suits your fancy.

6. Click Next.

The second page of the New User Wizard appears. It asks for the user’s password.

7. Type the password twice.

You’re asked to type the password twice, so type it correctly. If you don’t type it identically in both boxes, you’re asked to correct your mistake.

8. Specify the password options that you want to apply. Figure 19-4:

Creating a new user. Figure 19-3: The Active Directory Users and Computers manage- ment console. 256 Part IV: Network Operating Systems The following password options are available: • User must change password at next logon. • User cannot change password. • Password never expires. • Account is disabled. For more information about these options, see the section “Setting account options,” later in this chapter.

9. Click Next.

You’re taken to the final page of the New User Wizard, which simply sum- marizes the information you’ve entered so far.

10. Verify that the information is correct; then click Finish to create the account.

If the account information is not correct, click the Back button, and cor- rect the error. You’re done Now you can customize the user’s account settings. At a mini- mum, you’ll probably want to add the user to one or more groups. You may also want to add contact information for the user or set up other account options. Setting user properties After you’ve created a user account, you can set additional properties for the user by right-clicking the new user and choosing Properties. This brings up the User Properties dialog box, which has about a million tabs that you can use to set various properties for the user. Figure 19-5 shows the General tab, which lists basic information about the user, such as the user’s name, office location, phone number, and so on. The following sections describe some of the administrative tasks that you can perform via the various tabs of the User Properties dialog box. Changing the user’s contact information Several tabs of the User Properties dialog box contain contact information for the user. In particular: ⻬ Address: Lets you change the user’s street address, post-office box, city, state, ZIP code, and so on. ⻬ Telephones: Lets you specify the user’s phone numbers. ⻬ Organization: Lets you record the user’s job title and the name of his or her boss. 257

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