Re: How can you see who created a user account

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From: Jimmy Andersson [MVP] (jimmy_noSpam__at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/29/04


Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:34:57 +0200

See who's the owner of the object. By default the creator becomes the owner.

Regards,
/Jimmy

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"Tom" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know how to find out who created a user
> account. We found an account/username in the admin group
> none of the admins or users know of.


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