How to set User Manager Settings for Multiple Users

ID: Q150995

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 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)

Note that this procedure can produce a known issue. If one of the users selected has the User Must Change Password at Next Logon check box selected, the check box is cleared after changes are made to the user's properties. For additional information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q149948 Changing Properties for Many Users Resets Logon Password Flag

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Version : winnt:3.5,3.51
Platform : winnt
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