Make life easier for your users by simplifying how they search for resources in Active Directory. It takes about half a dozen steps to search Active Directory using the Desktop Search Assistant on Windows XP. That”s frustrating for most users.
Fortunately you can make their life easier by creating a new shortcut on their desktops that has the following path:
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe dsquery.dll,OpenQueryWindow
Name the new shortcut something like Search Active Directory and you”re done. Users can now open the Find Users, Contacts, and Groups dialog by simply double-clicking on this shortcut, making it easier for them to find resources in Active Directory.