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WSH - Creating New Users

Introduction - Creating New Users with WSH

In Active Directory, when you need to create one or two users, Active Directory User's and Computers is the classic tool.  However, there may be times when you prefer to use WSH (Windows Scripting Host) to generate new user accounts.

WSH Topics

• Creating a New OU
• Creating a New user
• Setting the password
• Disabling the account
• Instructions
• Error Messages

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Creating a New OU

Before we consider the user, first we need to build an OU (organizational unit) to house the users.  An advantage of having a special OU for learning about scripting is that the accounts you produce' do not get mixed up with existing accounts in the Users container.  So we will call upon WSH to generate a new OU.  In my example I have called the OU GuyDemo, change that name if you wish.  In WSH, the following line takes care of creating the OU:

Set oOU=oDomain.Create("organizationalUnit", "ou=GuyDemo")

Creating a New User

In my example the user will be called Guy Thomas, feel free to alter the oUser if you prefer a different name.  These two lines take care of the user:

Set oUser = oOU.Create("User", "cn=Guy Thomas")
oUser.Put "sAMAccountName", "GuyThomas"

See more on Creating Users here

Setting the password

A benefit of using WSH with VBScripts is that you can set a password.  This is a big advantage over CSVDE which can only create users with blank passwords.  This line takes care of the password:

oUser.SetPassword "dem0Gu1do"

Disabling the account

If you see a red X next to the user, that means the account is disabled.  Change this statement from True to FALSE if you want the accounts enabled and ready to logon.

oUser.AccountDisabled = True

Instructions

1. Copy the entire Script in the green box below.
2. Paste it into notepad.exe.
3. File (menu), Save as Guy.vbs.   Note: This is where people go wrong, remember the .vbs extension.
4. Double click Guy.vbs
5. Go to Active Directory Users and Computers, Press F5, observe the GuyDemo OU.

See more on Creating Users here

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See Also

• VBScript - Create User

• WSH - Bulk Import

• WSH - Create Group

• WSH - Scripting

• Scripting Home

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