Display Name not updating

[John]

Hi,

When i change the dsiplay name of a user it will not update it will only
show the new display name when i open the user properties, when i select that
user by just looking at it when i select the OU it does not show the new
display name from the outside.

Thanks for any help

[Brian Delaney]

Hi John,

What you see in AD Users and Computers is not the Display Name but actually
the RDN or Relative Distinguished Name of the user. The Display Name
attribute that you are updating shows up in the users start menu when they
log on to XP (with the XP style start menu) and it will also show up on
outgoing emails sent through exchange.

If you want to change the RDN so that you see the user differently in AD
Users and Computers, right click the user and click rename. This will allow
you to modify the RDN
--
Brian Delaney, MCSE

Post by John
Hi,
When i change the dsiplay name of a user it will not update it will only
show the new display name when i open the user properties, when i select that
user by just looking at it when i select the OU it does not show the new
display name from the outside.
Thanks for any help

[Jerold Schulman]

Post by John
Hi,
When i change the dsiplay name of a user it will not update it will only
show the new display name when i open the user properties, when i select that
user by just looking at it when i select the OU it does not show the new
display name from the outside.
Thanks for any help

In Active Directory Users and Computer, press Add/Remove Columns on The View Menu.
Select Display Name in the Available Column and Add it.
Move the Move Up or Move Down buttons to arrange the columns.
The Name attribute (CN=) is what is displayed in the Name column.

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
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