Disable a user account using command line

Access your domain contoller and type the following format to disable your user :

dsmod user "cn=Joe Bloggs, ou=IT Admins, dc= Your Domain name , dc=com" -disabled yes

Check if user account is active using command line

Access your domain contoller and type the following format to check if the user is active :

NET USER jbloggs /DOMAIN | FIND /I "Account active"

Delete a user in Active Directory using command line

Access your domain contoller and type the following format to delete your user :

dsrm "cn=Joe Bloggs, ou=IT Admins, dc= Your Domain name , dc=com"

Add a user in Active Directory using command line

Access your domain contoller and type the following format to add your user :

dsadd user "cn=Joe Bloggs, ou=IT Admins, dc= Your Domain name , dc=com" -samid joebloggs -upn info@YourDomain.com -fn Joe -ln Bloggs -display "Joe Bloggs" -pwd Pa$$w0rd -desc "Systems Administrator"

*ou = is the name of Organisational Unit you will be adding the user to.

How to set the homepage in Internet Explorer using the registry

Recently I had a situation where a user couldn't re-set her homepage using the normal Internet Explorer (IE) options.

This was a problem as the site that was set to her homepage no longer existed and every time she launched IE she would get 'Page not found'.

In order to resolve this i applied the following registry hack :

1. Winkey + R or Start menu run
2. Type 'regedit'
3. Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="http://www.supportingtech.com/"
4. Change the website to the one you require and you are done.

* Please note that the registry is a very important part of the operating system and you should use extreme caution when making changes.