Enabling or disabling a user account

You can enable or disable a user's account to allow or prevent them from logging on to the network. For example, when you first create a user account, you might set it as disabled so that the user does not have access to the network until you are ready for them to use it.

To enable or disable a user account

From the left-hand pane, expand Users and choose All Users.
From the right-hand pane, right-click the user and from the menu, choose Properties.
On the General tab:

To enable the user account, tick the 'Enable account' box.

To disable the user account, clear the 'Enable account' box.

Click OK.

Notes

User accounts which are disabled, or locked, are greyed out.
You can disable a user account for a specified period of time. See Related Topics.
When a user's account is locked due to logon problems, and you enable their account, their account reverts to unlocked.
You can use the same process to manage multiple users in the same folder. First, select all of the users that you want to manage. When the 'Enable account' box is grey, some of the selected users have their account enabled, and some have not.
User properties are also available for a selected user by choosing in the toolbar, or by double-clicking the user in the right-hand pane.
You can also set this property on a user template. Choose User Templates in the left-hand pane, and then double-click the required template in the right-hand pane.