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Drugbug · 06-21-2004, 05:52 AM

Thanks for taking the time and reading this.

Is there way quicker than manually creating every user? Say for example all the users would be typed in an Excel document along with their passwords. Is there a quick way to do this? I'd hate to have to sit 3 days just creating users.

Any assistance will be appreciated.

mikec · 06-21-2004, 06:52 AM

http://www.advtoolware.com/t4e/um/umi_default.htm

take advantage of the 30 day trial. I don't believe there is any automated way to do that, but I could be wrong...

JohnnyRoyale · 06-21-2004, 07:29 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000.../bulksteps.asp

it's a Windows 2000 tool, but it might work with 2k3 as well.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../bulkstep.mspx

this link is a little better explanation.

Pragma · 06-21-2004, 07:43 PM

I don't have the exact tool name (I believe that there are several tools from the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit can do it), but there are Windows 2000 tools that will work in 2003. Basically you write a Perl/batch script that reads the list of usernames and passwords out of a file, and then in a for/foreach loop, runs the system command to create the user.

As long as you've got the list, it's a piece of cake.

LNCPapa · 06-21-2004, 11:43 PM

You could easily write a vb script to do this. I didn't look at the tools previously posted - they might do it easily also.

Drugbug · 06-22-2004, 03:27 AM

I do have access to VB. But my grasp of this language is a bit hazy. I am however currently browsing some tutorial sites. I'd rather not have third party software involved. but I'll take a look at the Microsoft links.

Thanks a lot tf'ers

Dilbert1234567 · 06-22-2004, 09:09 AM

storing passwords in open text is a BAD! idea,

you could easily use a VB script or vb program with the shell command to do it

shell ("net user ....")

Drugbug · 06-22-2004, 09:22 AM

But how exactly to write that script is what eludes me.

Dilbert1234567 · 06-22-2004, 05:34 PM

http://support.microsoft.com/default...251394&sd=tech

rubicon · 06-23-2004, 09:44 AM

What I've done in the past is write a DOS batch file to perform the user creation. I manually test the NET commands first then simply cut and paste them into the Excel file with all of the user names. Massage the Excel cells a bit to get a good export, then save as a text (.BAT) file. Run from the command prompt and done.

I've done this with applying file permission ACLs, creating groups, etc. Works for me.

06-21-2004, 05:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Drugbug Rookie Join Date: Apr 2004	Quick way to create 1000+ users in Windows 2003? Thanks for taking the time and reading this. Is there way quicker than manually creating every user? Say for example all the users would be typed in an Excel document along with their passwords. Is there a quick way to do this? I'd hate to have to sit 3 days just creating users. Any assistance will be appreciated.

06-21-2004, 06:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
mikec I flopped the nutz... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Stratford, CT	http://www.advtoolware.com/t4e/um/umi_default.htm take advantage of the 30 day trial. I don't believe there is any automated way to do that, but I could be wrong... __________________ Until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the charted electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one millionth of reality

06-21-2004, 07:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
JohnnyRoyale Psycho Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Boston, MAss., USA	http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000.../bulksteps.asp it's a Windows 2000 tool, but it might work with 2k3 as well. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro.../bulkstep.mspx this link is a little better explanation. __________________ I'm gonna be rich and famous, as soon I invent a device that lets you stab people in the face over the internet.

06-21-2004, 07:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA	I don't have the exact tool name (I believe that there are several tools from the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit can do it), but there are Windows 2000 tools that will work in 2003. Basically you write a Perl/batch script that reads the list of usernames and passwords out of a file, and then in a for/foreach loop, runs the system command to create the user. As long as you've got the list, it's a piece of cake. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!

06-21-2004, 11:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
LNCPapa Crazy Join Date: May 2003 Location: Notre Dame	You could easily write a vb script to do this. I didn't look at the tools previously posted - they might do it easily also. __________________ No mercy for the bandwidth impaired

06-22-2004, 03:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
Drugbug Rookie Join Date: Apr 2004	I do have access to VB. But my grasp of this language is a bit hazy. I am however currently browsing some tutorial sites. I'd rather not have third party software involved. but I'll take a look at the Microsoft links. Thanks a lot tf'ers

06-22-2004, 09:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Coast CA	storing passwords in open text is a BAD! idea, you could easily use a VB script or vb program with the shell command to do it shell ("net user ....") __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

06-22-2004, 09:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
Drugbug Rookie Join Date: Apr 2004	But how exactly to write that script is what eludes me.

06-22-2004, 05:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Coast CA	http://support.microsoft.com/default...251394&sd=tech __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

06-23-2004, 09:44 AM	#10 (permalink)
rubicon Stop. Think. Question. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Redondo Beach, CA	What I've done in the past is write a DOS batch file to perform the user creation. I manually test the NET commands first then simply cut and paste them into the Excel file with all of the user names. Massage the Excel cells a bit to get a good export, then save as a text (.BAT) file. Run from the command prompt and done. I've done this with applying file permission ACLs, creating groups, etc. Works for me. __________________ How you do anything is how you do everything.