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The General Tab The General tab of a user account's Properties dialog box contains
descriptive information about the account, none of which affects a user account's logon,
group memberships, rights, or permissions. However, some fields in the General tab do bear
mentioning:
Display name —The value in this field is taken from the Full name field during account
creation and is usually the same as the CN. However, changing the display name doesn't
change the CN, and changing the CN doesn't affect the display name. This field can be
used in Active Directory searches.
E-mail —You can use the value in this field to send an e-mail to the user associated with
the account. If you right-click the user account and click Send Mail, the default mail appli-
cation starts, and the value in this field is entered in the e-mail's To field.
Web page —This field can contain a URL. If this field is configured, you can right-click
the user account and click Open Home Page, and a Web browser opens the specified
Web page.
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The remainder of the fields in the General tab can be used to locate an object with an Active
Directory search.
The Account Tab The Account tab (see Figure 5-6) contains the information that most
affects a user's logon to the domain. Aside from a password reset, this tab is the best place to
check when a user is having difficulty with the logon process.
Figure 5-6
The Account tab
User logon name and User logon name (pre-Windows 2000) —These fields were described
previously in “Creating and Modifying User Accounts.”
 
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