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To perform a custom search

Using the Windows interface

  1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
  2. In the console tree, right-click the domain node, and then click Find.
  3. In Find, click Custom Search.
  4. Click Field, point to the kind of object for which to search, and then click the attribute of that object for which you want to specify a search value.
  5. In Condition, click the condition for your search.
  6. In Value, type the attribute value for which the search will apply the condition.
  7. Click Add to add this search condition to the custom search.
  8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 until you have added all of the desired search conditions.
  9. Click Find Now.

Notes

Using a command line

  1. Open Command Prompt.
  2. Type:

    dsquery * Parameter

Value Description
Parameter There are several attributes that you can search by using this command. For the list of parameters, see Dsquery. For more information about LDAP searches, see Related Topics.

Notes

Related Topics