diff --git a/html/includes/authentication/active_directory.inc.php b/html/includes/authentication/active_directory.inc.php
index a1dd80f86a..633ac0c040 100644
--- a/html/includes/authentication/active_directory.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/authentication/active_directory.inc.php
@@ -86,7 +86,16 @@ function auth_usermanagement() {
 function adduser($username) {
     // Check to see if user is already added in the database
     if (!user_exists_in_db($username)) {
-        return dbInsert(array('username' => $username, 'user_id' => get_userid($username), 'level' => "0", 'can_modify_passwd' => 0, 'twofactor' => 0), 'users');
+        $userid = dbInsert(array('username' => $username, 'user_id' => get_userid($username), 'level' => "0", 'can_modify_passwd' => 0, 'twofactor' => 0), 'users');
+        if ($userid == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else {
+            foreach (dbFetchRows('select notifications.* from notifications where not exists( select 1 from notifications_attribs where notifications.notifications_id = notifications_attribs.notifications_id and notifications_attribs.user_id = ?) order by notifications.notifications_id desc',array($userid)) as $notif) {
+                dbInsert(array('notifications_id'=>$notif['notifications_id'],'user_id'=>$userid,'key'=>'read','value'=>1),'notifications_attribs');
+            }
+        }
+        return $userid;
     }
     else {
         return false;
diff --git a/html/includes/authentication/http-auth.inc.php b/html/includes/authentication/http-auth.inc.php
index 221de3adca..73cfc0a1ba 100644
--- a/html/includes/authentication/http-auth.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/authentication/http-auth.inc.php
@@ -48,7 +48,16 @@ function adduser($username, $password, $level, $email='', $realname='', $can_mod
     if (!user_exists($username)) {
         $hasher    = new PasswordHash(8, false);
         $encrypted = $hasher->HashPassword($password);
-        return dbInsert(array('username' => $username, 'password' => $encrypted, 'level' => $level, 'email' => $email, 'realname' => $realname), 'users');
+        $userid    = dbInsert(array('username' => $username, 'password' => $encrypted, 'level' => $level, 'email' => $email, 'realname' => $realname, 'can_modify_passwd' => $can_modify_passwd, 'descr' => $description, 'twofactor' => $twofactor), 'users');
+        if ($userid == false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else {
+            foreach (dbFetchRows('select notifications.* from notifications where not exists( select 1 from notifications_attribs where notifications.notifications_id = notifications_attribs.notifications_id and notifications_attribs.user_id = ?) order by notifications.notifications_id desc',array($userid)) as $notif) {
+                dbInsert(array('notifications_id'=>$notif['notifications_id'],'user_id'=>$userid,'key'=>'read','value'=>1),'notifications_attribs');
+            }
+        }
+        return $userid;
     }
     else {
         return false;