Quick-n-Easy way to remove outdated ActiveDirectory users?

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Published on 2010-03-25T15:11:04Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 15:13 UTC
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We have around 70 current employees, but 178 accounts in ActiveDirectory. The prior administrators never removed old accounts, and sometimes they weren't even disabled.

As it is, I am considering manually reviewing each account to determine if it can be removed. Is there an easier way to remove accounts based on a condition? Such as, remove (or at least disable or flag in some way) users that haven't logged in within the last month or so?

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