Determine if Active Directory Account is Locked

[bsmith]

I would like to determine if an Active Directory user account is
locked. Active directory is running on W2k3 server. I also want to
do this using the DirectoryEntry object. I have read a lot of threads
and there does not seem to be a consistent answer.

[Paul Clement]

On 8 Jun 2004 11:45:36 -0700, bs****@icc.state.il.us (bsmith) wrote:

¤ I would like to determine if an Active Directory user account is
¤ locked. Active directory is running on W2k3 server. I also want to
¤ do this using the DirectoryEntry object. I have read a lot of threads
¤ and there does not seem to be a consistent answer.

See if the following works for you:

Dim ADEntry As New DirectoryEntry("WinNT://DomainName/UserAccount")

Console.WriteLine(ADEntry.Properties("IsAccountLoc ked"))

If I remember correctly, the WinNT provider typically provides the accurate value. I seem to recall
that the LDAP provider does not.
Paul ~~~ pc******@ameritech.net
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)