Take the 2-minute tour ×

everyone How to find The Hidden OU and hidden users in business active directory . i tried to use gpresult in CMD but i didnt find what iam looking for please any help

share|improve this question

closed as not a real question by ThatGraemeGuy, Massimo, RobM, John Gardeniers, womble Jul 9 '11 at 7:35


Your question makes no sense. Please explain what you are actually trying to do. –  Ben Pilbrow Nov 16 '10 at 22:21
If you can't see it, how do you know it's hidden? How do you know it exists? –  joeqwerty Nov 16 '10 at 22:24

3 Answers 3

You can use ADSIEdit to explore and edit any particle of AD, since ADSIEdit is just a LDAP editor. It doesn't know anything about the special meanings of the keys and values you can edit there. I maintain several Active Directories (Standard Server and also SBS), and have not seen something like a hidden OU / hidden user. Someone tries to pull your leg.

Beware: Modifying your AD with ADSIEdit can terminally damage it more so than any mistake with RegEdit.

share|improve this answer

Open "Active Directory Users and Computers", go to "View" (through the Alt key to display the top menu) and choose "Advanced Features".

share|improve this answer

i was having that issue too. Fortunately, I had it exposed by setting up the filter to show all types of objects.

Go to : --> Active Directory Users & Computers --> View tab --> Filter options --> tick show all types of objects

share|improve this answer
