Verifying Active Directory in Windows XP

Active Directory Service stores information about users, groups, domains, and other network specific data. To determine which users have access to certain programs within the network requires a special parameter. Windows 2000 users can directly access the search window, but in Windows XP this window is hidden. To remove it, click 'Start | Run' and enter the command below...

rundll32•dsquery,OpenQueryWindow

Previously you need to enable Active Directory services. If not, you'll only get an error report