Problem with Creating User Profiles on Windows XP

[Wayne Gibson]

Hi all,
Please ignore the other post.. The cat jumped on the machine and sent it
before I could stop it!!
Was wondering if anybody has expericence this problem..
I am writting an application in C# using windows forms, to create windows
user profiles and then updating the registry information for the new
profiles.
I have managed to create the user successfully and thought that I was
writting the registry information correctly.

That was until I checked the 'C:\Documents and Settings' Directory, when I
noticed that the new users directories did not reflect their names. But
instead comprised of non printable characters!!!

Here is the code sample in C#

//////////////////////////////////////////
DirectoryEntry NewUser;
DirectoryEntry AD = new DirectoryEntry( "WinNT://" + Environment.Mac hineName
+ ",computer" );

// delete user when existing
try
{
// this throws when no such user
NewUser = AD.Children.Fin d(strNodeName, "User");
MessageBox.Show ("User already exists!!");
return;
}// Catch not found exception
catch(COMExcept ion cex)
{
Console.WriteLi ne(cex.Message) ;
}
// Add user using the user schema
NewUser = AD.Children.Add (strNodeName, "user");
NewUser.Propert ies["descriptio n"].Add(this.txtFi rstName.Text + " " +
this.txtSurname .Text);

// NewUser.Propert ies["PasswordExpire d"].Add(1); // user must change
password at next login

// Set user flags sample here sets Account disabled, pwd can't change
// this flag is different for LDAP accounts
NewUser.Propert ies["userFlags"].Add( UF_NORMAL_ACCOU NT |
UF_DONT_EXPIRE_ PASSWD );
// invoke native method 'SetPassword' before commiting
// for AD domain accounts this must be done after commiting
NewUser.Invoke( "SetPasswor d", new Object[] { this.txtPasswor d.Text });
NewUser.CommitC hanges();
// Add user to guests alias
DirectoryEntry grp = AD.Children.Fin d("Guests", "group");
if(grp.Name != null)
{
grp.Invoke("Add ", new Object[] {NewUser.Path.T oString()});
}

MessageBox.Show ("Account Created Successfully");
AD.Close();
//////////////////////////////////////////
Then I proceed to update the users Registry information!!
At this point their is no Directory for the user in "C:\Documen ts and
Settings\" directory

//////////////////////////////////////////////////
NativeMethods._ PROFILEINFO profile;
IntPtr hToken = IntPtr.Zero;

hToken = NativeMethods.C reateLogonToken (UserAccount, UserDomain,
UserPassword);
if(hToken != IntPtr.Zero)
{
profile = new NativeMethods._ PROFILEINFO();
profile.dwSize = Marshal.SizeOf( profile);
profile.lpUserN ame = UserAccount;

// Directory Still Not Created at this Point!!
int ret = Win32.LoadUserP rofile(hToken, ref profile); // This function
Invokes
if(ret != 0)
{
// Use WMI to get the SID of the user (this requires W2K3 or XP)
using (ManagementObje ct account = new
ManagementObjec t("Win32_UserAc count.Domain='" + UserDomain +"',Name='" +
UserAccount + "'"))
{
account.Get();
// Get key wich is the root for the users hive loaded in HKU
UserSID = account["SID"].ToString();

if(UserSID.Leng th != 0)
{ // Now update the registry information for this user!!
UpdateRegistryI nformation();
}
}

ret = NativeMethods.U nloadUserProfil e(hToken, profile.hProfil e);
}
}

[DllImport("adva pi32", CharSet=CharSet .Auto, SetLastError=tr ue)]
static extern int LogonUser(strin g lpszUserName, string lpszDomain, string
lpszPassword, int dwLogonType, int dwLogonProvider , ref HANDLE hToken);

[DllImport("user env", CharSet=CharSet .Auto)]
internal static extern int LoadUserProfile (HANDLE hToken,ref _PROFILEINFO
lpProfileInfo);
public static HANDLE CreateLogonToke n(string name, string domain, string
passwd)
{
HANDLE ret = IntPtr.Zero;
HANDLE tok = IntPtr.Zero;
System.Manageme nt.ManagementOb ject mo = new
System.Manageme nt.ManagementOb ject(new ManagementPath( ));
mo.Scope.Option s.EnablePrivile ges = true;

int result = LogonUser(name, ".", passwd, LOGON32_LOGON_I NTERACTIVE,
LOGON32_PROVIDE R_DEFAULT, ref tok);
if (result != 0) // If success
{
ret = tok;
}
else
{
string temp = "LogonUser Error: ";
temp += Marshal.GetLast Win32Error().To String();
MessageBox.Show ( temp );
}

return ret;
}
///////////////////////////////

So I stopped writting to the registry information and then physically logged
in as the user via the windows login screen.
This then created the directory correctly!!

Any ideas?

Thanks

Wayne