Find active users in Active Directory

If you are familiar with Powershell you could use this handy script to generate Excel based reports: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Generate-Excel-report-48c3f3b4#content

If you want user accounts that are not disabled, you could use powershell:

get-aduser | where {$_.enabled -eq $true} 

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Unfortunately, im not good with powershell lol.

The one line script I provided should give you what you want.  just open powershell on your DC and paste that in.  Or, even better, add the command to export the data to CSV file automatically.

get-aduser | where {$_.enabled -eq $true} | export-csv $env:homepath

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That should create a csv file in the c:\users\%username% folder.

How detailed a report? If you just want the usernames, then...

net users /domain

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Steve, i get an error message saying "the term 'get-aduser' is not recognized"

I found this, maybe this would help: http://cjwdev.co.uk/Software/ADReportingTool/Info.html

Make sure you are in powershell. If you are in command prompt type in powershell. Put that script in a directory you can remember and run from Powershell

You need to run that in powershell on a domain controller.  Depending on the OS and powershell version, you might also have to import the module first:

import-module activedirectory
get-aduser -filter *| where {$_.enabled -eq $true} | export-csv $env:homepath

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Steve, i am logged into a DC as domain admin and the export to the c:\users\ path is denied.

I ran powershell as admin

You'll need to export to the user folder you are logged in as. Change your -Path to c:\users\(your logged in user\desktop or something of the sorts

stevegarri, do you have the script for that?

Unfortunately not, try that other free tool I posted above. It may be easier for you to use

dsquery user -inactive x (where x is a number of weeks since they were last active)

More information here:
http://ss64.com/nt/dsquery-user.html

NOTE: DSQUERY is a command line tool - run it in a simple command prompt on your domain controller.

I found really good information related to this topic from https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617195.aspx