Change Display Format in AD Users and Computers

From: Will Owen <WillOwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 06:05:05 -0700

Hi,

At present AD Users and Computers in our Win2003 AD shows the user accounts
in the CN format. Is it possible to change this to display accounts in the
DisplayName or SamAccountName format?

Thanks

Will Owen
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