Display Name does not match

[Billk43]

Does anyone know how to get the user name display in the AD Users and Computer to match what the Display Name property for a user is?

After our migration from Novell NDS to Windows 2000 AD we have some users showing in ADU&C with Fname, Lname and some showing as LName, FName. We want all users to be listed as LName, FName. We successfully made a change to the DisplaySpecifiers node in ADSI so that all newly created users get created and displayed as LName, FName. We also have a script that changes all the Display Name properties for all users to LName, FName, but doing this does not change the way the name is displayed in ADU&C.

Thanks

 

[Claudek]

right-click the user and select the Rename option.
By memory another dialog box opens where you get more options for name change. This should resolve the problem you're having

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[Billk43]

Claudek, you are correct that will accomplish the task but one thing I left out of my post is. I'm looking for a way to do this programtically or via a script, since we have hundreds of users being displayed incorrectly.

Thanks

 

[Claudek]

Ah ok, that sounds like an ADSI thing. While I have played with it (think you need to move the command name(CN) you want over the current comman name), best to ask other experts. Ask on the vbscript page:
forum329 as well as some good scripters there who probably have done this.

Claudius (What certifications??)

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