How to set User Manager Settings for Multiple Users

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SUMMARY

When you use User Manager in Windows NT, certain options (such as Logon Hours) cannot be set for groups, but can be set for individual users. This article explains how to set these options for multiple users at one time.

MORE INFORMATION

To select multiple users in a domain and set options for those users, select the first user you want to apply the option to, hold the Shift key, and select the last user you want to apply the option to. Also, you can press the Control key to select or cancel the selection of individual user accounts.

Once the user accounts that you want to modify are selected, click Users, select Properties, and change the setting; this will apply to all selected users.

This procedures can be used to change the following settings:

• User must change password at next logon
• Users cannot change password
• Passwords never expire
• Account disabled
• Group membership (can add/remove users from groups)
• Set the path for user profiles, home directories and logon scripts
• Set logon hours
• Set workstations that users can logon from
• Set account expiration and account type (global or local)