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Bart Silverstrim
Asked: 2010-02-02 07:41:37 +0800 CST

Active Directory: Changing a name

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I have a user with a typo'd name. For the sake of explanation, I'll say the username is lusername, first name Lindsay. Active Directory had the user initially named Lindsey Username, and I need it to be Lindsay Username. As you can tell this doesn't affect the actual login name of lusername.

If I go into Active Directory Users and Computers and search for lus, her name comes up.

I open the properties, and I can change the first name and display name fields, but I can't change the initial name at the top of the "general" tab.

Is there a way to "fix" this without resorting to recreating the user?

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  1. Best Answer

    Right click the user, select Rename.

    First it will allow you to change the name of the user, then it will pop up a dialog box allowing you to change the Full Name, First Name, Last Name and Display Name fields.

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    (source: richard-slater.co.uk)

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