Use acctinfo. DLL to learn more about ad user accounts

Source:Http://winiw.net
Author:Enigma

Description

Acctinfo. DLL is a dynamic link library file. After registering this dynamic link library file, the administrator can view User attributes through the "Active Directory users and computers" console, add an "Additional account info" tab. This Tab allows the Administrator to view some advanced information in Active Directory, such as the last time the user modified the password and the last time the user account was logged on. Use the "Additional account info" tab to view information, mainly for the following two reasons.

• In some cases, some information is not explicitly stored in Active Directory, but is calculated as needed. For example, the password expiration date of a user account is not in Active Directory, but in Active Directory, the date on which the user recently changed the password and the maximum password validity period are stored. To determine the specific expiration date of a user account and password, the script may be used to obtain the information and calculate the final result. Acctinfo. dll can automatically calculate the data and display the result directly.
• In some cases, some information is not stored in Active Directory, but stored locally. For example, The Last Logon Time and last logout time of a user account are stored locally by each domain controller and are not copied to other domain controllers in the domain. Acctinfo. dll can help the Administrator check the specific time of last user logon and logout on a domain controller. If you have multiple domain controllers in the domain, the Administrator may need to install acctinfo. dll on each domain controller to check the logon and logout times of a user account on each domain controller.

In addition, you can use acctinfo. DLL to easily modify the user account password, lock or unlock the user account.

System Requirements

Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server Operating System
You must have the administrator privilege to install acctinfo. dll.

File requirements

Acctinfo. dll

Install acctinfo. dll

Install and register the acctinfo. dll file before using acctinfo. dll.

1. Copy the acctinfo. dll file to the "% WINDIR %/system32" folder. In Windows Server 2003, the folder is usually "C:/Windows/system32"; in Windows 2000, the folder is usually "C:/winnt/system32 ".

2. Open the command line window. If the "% WINDIR %/system32" folder is "C:/Windows/system32", type the following content:
Regsvr32 C:/Windows/system32/acctinfo. dll

If the command is successfully executed, a dialog box for successfully registering acctinfo. dll appears.

Uninstall acctinfo. dll

You can uninstall acctinfo. dll at any time.

Open the command line window. If the "WINDIR %/system32" folder of the current system is "C:/Windows/system32", type the following content:
Regsvr32/u c:/Windows/system32/acctinfo. dll

If the command is successfully executed, acctinfo. dll will be uninstalled.

Instructions for use

After installing and registering acctinfo. dll, start the "Active Directory users and computers" console, double-click to view the attributes of a user account, and select the "Additional account info" tab. The specific meanings are described in the following table.

Attribute	Description
Password last set	Display the last set time of the user account password.
Domain password policies	Click this button to view the password policy in the domain.
Password expires	Displays the specific date on which the user account password expires. If the user password never expires, click the "decode" button and "uf_dont_expire_passwd" is displayed in the displayed dialog box, indicating that the user password never expires.
User Account Control	Displays the values stored in the "useraccountcontrol" attribute in Active Directory. the stored data includes whether the user password has a validity period, whether the user needs to use a smart card to log on and whether the user is trusted as a delegate. The number is the sum of all tags allowed in "useraccountcontrol. Click the "decode" button to view the specific property configuration. For example, if "ads_uf_password_expired" appears, the password of the current user account has expired.
Locked out	Whether the user account is locked.
Last-Logon-Timestamp	Displays the date and time that the current user recently logged on to this domain. If "Active Directory users and computers" and "acctinfo. dll" are installed on the member server, the information displayed is information on the domain controller used to log on to the member server. To determine which domain controller to log on to, read my other blog. View
Sid and Sid history	Displays the SID of the user account. If the user account is migrated from another domain or forest, the SID history button will be valid. Click this button to view the user account's previous Sid.
Guid	Displays the Globally Unique Identifier (guid) of the user account ).
Last Logon	Displays the last logon date and time of the user. This is the date and time recently verified by this domain controller.
Last Logoff	The last time the user logs out from the domain controller.
Last bad logon time	Displays the date and time when the last logon failed from this domain controller.
Logon count	Displays the number of successful logons from this domain controller.
Bad password count	Displays the number of failed logons from this domain controller.

Modifying user account attributes

Although acctinfo. dll is mainly used to display information. However, you can also modify some attributes of a user account.

On the "Additional account info" tab, click "set PW on site DC. In the displayed dialog box, modify the password of the user account. This password is modified by directly connecting to the domain controller of the site where the user is located to perform operations, so the execution speed is faster. In the dialog box, you can also unlock the user account.

Note:

Acctinfo. dll must be installed and registered on all computers that use the "Active Directory users and computers" console to view user account information. For example, assume that the Administrator usually checks the user account information on two servers, server a and server B. If you have installed and registered acctinfo. dll on server a, the "Additional account info" tab will appear in "Active Directory users and computers. However, on server B, this tab will not be in "Active Directory users and computers" unless you install and register acctinfo. dll on server B.

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tools

The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tools are a set of tools to help administrators streamline management tasks such as troubleshooting operating system issues, managing Active Directory, operating ing networking and security features, and automating application deployment.

Quick info File Name: Rktools.exe Download size: 12049 KB Date published: 4/28/2003 Version: 2003 Download

Overview

The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit tools are a set of tools to help administrators streamline management tasks such as troubleshooting operating system issues, managing Active Directory, operating ing networking and security features, and automating application deployment.

The following tools are provided:

• Acctinfo. dll (appsented in readme.htm)
• Adlb.exe: Active Directory Load Balancing Tool
• Admx. MSI: ADM file parser
• Atmarp.exe: Windows atm arp Server information tool
• Atmlane.exe: Windows atm lan emulation client information
• Autoexnt.exe: autoexnt Service
• Cdburn.exe: ISO CD-ROM burner Tool
• Checkrepl. vbs: Check Replication
• Chklnks.exe: link check wizard
• Chknic.exe: network interface card compliance tool for network load balancing
• Cleanspl.exe: Spooler cleaner
• Clearmem.exe: clear memory
• Clusdiag. MSI: Cluster diagnostics and verification tool
• Clusfileport. dll: Cluster print file Port
• Clusterrecovery.exe: server cluster recovery utility
• Response here. inf: Command here
• Cmgetcer. dll: Connection Manager certificate Deployment Tool
• Compress.exe: compress files
• Confdisk.exe: disk configuration tool
• Consume.exe: Memory consumers Tool
• Creatfil.exe: Create File
• Cscw..exe: client-side caching command-line options
• Custreasonedit.exe: Custom reason Editor (supported ented in readme.htm)
• Delprof.exe: user profile deletion Utility
• Dh.exe: Display heap
• Diskraid.exe: RAID configuration tool
• Diskuse.exe: User disk usage Tool
• Dnsdiag.exe: smtp dns diagnostic tool (supported ented in readme.htm)
• Dumpfsmos. CMD: Dump FSMO roles
• Dvdburn.exe: iso dvd burner Tool
• Empty.exe: free working set tool
• Eventcombmt.exe: Check Replication
• Fcopy.exe: file copy utility for Message Queuing
• Frsflags. vbs
• Getcm.exe: Connection Manager profile update
• Gpmonitor.exe: group policy monitor
• Gpotool.exe: Group Policy objects
• Hlscan.exe: hard link display tool
• Ifilttst.exe: ifilter test suite
• Ifmember.exe: User membership tool
• Inetesc. ADM: Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration
• Iniman.exe: Initialization Files manipulation Tool
• Instcm.exe: Install Connection Manager Profile
• Instsrv.exe: Service Installer
• Intfiltr.exe: interrupt affinity Tool
• Kerbtray.exe: Kerberos Tray
• Kernrate.exe: Kernel profiling tool
• Klist.exe: Kerberos list
• Krt.exe: Certification Authority Key Recovery
• Lbridge. CMD: L-Bridge
• Linkd.exe
• Linkspeed.exe: link speed
• List.exe: list text file Tool
• Lockoutstatus.exe: Account Lockout status (specified ented in readme.htm)
• Logtime.exe
• Lsreport.exe: Terminal Services Licensing reporter
• Lsview.exe: Terminal Services License Server Viewer
• Mcast.exe: multicast packet Tool
• Memmonitor.exe: memory monitor
• Memtriage.exe: resource leak triage Tool
• Mibcc.exe: snmp mib Compiler
• Moveuser.exe: Move users
• Mscep. dll: Certificate Services add-on for Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
• Nlsinfo.exe: Locale information tool
• Now.exe: stdout current date and time
• Ntimer.exe: Windows program timer
• Ntrights.exe
• Oh.exe: Open handles
• Oleview.exe: Ole/COM Object Viewer
• Pathman.exe: path Manager
• Permcopy.exe: Share permissions copy
• Perms.exe: User File Permissions Tool
• Pfmon.exe: Page Fault Monitor
• Pkiview. MSC: PKI health tool
• Pmon.exe: Process Resource Monitor
• Printdriverinfo.exe: Drivers Source
• Prnadmin. dll: printer administration objects
• Qgrep.exe
• Qtcp.exe: QoS time stamp
• Queryad. vbs: Query Active Directory
• Rassrvmon.exe: Ras Server Monitor
• Rcontrolad.exe: Active Directory Remote control add-on
• Regini.exe: Registry change by script
• Regview.exe (appsented in readme.htm)
• Remapkey.exe: remap windows keyboard layout
• Robocopy.exe: robust file copy Utility
• Rpccfg.exe: RPC Configuration Tool
• Rpcdump.exe
• Rpcping.exe
• Rping: RPC connectivity verification tool
• Rqc.exe: Remote Access quarantine Client
• Rqs.exe: Remote Access quarantine agent
• Setprinter.exe: Spooler Configuration Tool
• Showacls.exe
• Showperf.exe: performance data block dump Utility
• Showpriv.exe: Show privilege
• Sleep.exe: batch file wait
• Sonar.exe: Fr status Viewer
• Splinfo.exe: Print Spooler Information
• Srvany.exe: applications as Services Utility
• Srvcheck.exe: Server share check
• Srvinfo.exe: Remote Server Information
• Srvmgr.exe: Server Manager
• Ssdformat.exe: system state data formatter
• Subinacl.exe
• Tail.exe
• Tcmon.exe: traffic control monitor
• Timeit.exe (appsented in readme.htm)
• Timezone.exe: Daylight Saving Time update Utility
• Tsctst.exe: Terminal Server client license dump Tool
• Tsscalling.exe: Terminal Services scalability planning tools
• Uddicatschemeeditor.exe: UDDI services categorization scheme Editor
• Uddiconfig.exe: UDDI services command-line configuration Utility
• Uddidataexport.exe: UDDI data export wizard
• Usrmgr.exe: User Manager for Domains
• Vadump.exe: Virtual Address dump
• Vfi.exe: Visual File Information
• Volperf.exe: Shadow Copy performance counters
• Volrest.exe: Shadow Copies for shared folders Restore Tool
• Vrfydsk.exe: Verify Disk
• Winexit. scr: Windows exit Screen Saver
• Winhttpcertcmd.exe: WinHTTP certificate Configuration Tool
• Winhttptracecfg.exe: WinHTTP tracing Facility Configuration Tool
• Winpolicies.exe: Policy spy
• Wins. dll: WINS replication network monitor parser
• Wlbs_hb.dll & wlbs_rc.dll: Windows load balancing server network monitor parse