Active Directory Quick Query
If you work in an Active Directory environment, you may be interested to know that you don’t have to do the normal routine to query AD for clients (Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Computers and Users).
Drop this bit in a text file and save it as AD Query.bat:
%SystemRoot%SYSTEM32rundll32.exe dsquery,OpenQueryWindow
You can place this as a shortcut on your desktop or wherever you have decided to keep you “quick tools”
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3 opinions for Active Directory Quick Query
Sean McCormick
Mar 18, 2006 at 1:14 pm
That’s a great quick tool that I have made use of, but it does have its flaws. The result using this mesthod provides only basic details - it does not give you the advanced properties of an AD object, such as group membership or object location within AD.
Aaron
Mar 18, 2006 at 8:52 pm
Well… yeah… it’s a dirty quick trick. :) Not a complete API to AD.
By the way, hey Sean! :)
Brian A
Mar 11, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Well, it WOULD be nice if the backslashes were in the tip!
%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe dsquery,OpenQueryWindow
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