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Sorry here is the code _ Public Function Create_users_on_server(ByVal login As String, ByVal User_password As String, ByVal password As Integer) Dim x As VariantType Dim dirEntry As DirectoryEntry dirEntry = New DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + Environment.MachineName + ",computer") Dim entries As DirectoryEntries = dirEntry.Children If password = (PassWordFactor * System.DateTime.Now.Day) Then ' Set login name and full name. Dim newUser As DirectoryEntry = entries.Add(login, "User") newUser.Properties("Description").Add(login) ' User must change password at next logon (1 - true, 0 - false) newUser.Properties("PasswordExpired").Add(0) ' Password never expires. 'newUser.Properties("PasswordAge").Add(0) ' Set flags - User Cannot change password | Password never expires. newUser.Properties("Userflags").Add(&H40 Or &H10000) ' Set the password. Dim result As Object = newUser.Invoke("SetPassword", User_password) x = newUser.Path newUser.CommitChanges() ' Add user to the group "Members" Dim grp As DirectoryEntry = dirEntry.Children.Find("Members", "group") If (Not grp Is Nothing) Then grp.Invoke("Add", New Object() {newUser.Path.ToString()}) End If End If End Function Progress is a process , so value it

A Web Service runs under an account that doesn't have any rights to the domain to add users. Your web service code has to get the username and password of a domain administrator account so it can use those credentials so it can Impersonate the user adding the account to the domain. Google for "web service impersonation" for all kinds of info, pitfalls, examples, ... A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

BLOEDHOND wrote: I'm consuming my own web service to get a connection string of a db :wtf: A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

No, there isn't. At least none that can't be easily fooled. The only thing you can do to make sure they're "working" is to put your eyeballs on them. Allowing them to work from home requires trust. If you don't have that, well, get them back in the office. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

No What I want to do is to change the folder image on the report server web site to my Company image Regars Progress is a process , so value it

Hi Ihave looked at the article a while ago. Nice one, if I may say so, but it does not quite suite my needs. I just need to change an element in the connectionstringsettings to the connection string of my database. This connectionstring is unique per installation. If I change the security settings of the web.config file via Explorer then my code works well, and I can change the connection string as I please. I just need to change the security setting programmaticaly Regards

you rewrite the web.config as environment.config.current and use that one for making any changes Thanks and Regards Sandeep

Sorry i'm lost Do you mean that I must set the setting when deploying the application?

What setup solution are you using? I don't have any expirience with making setup files, but one can only help you, if one know what solution you are using. -------------------------------------------------------- My portfolio & development blog Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent? A:All your base are belong to us!

Got it

Thanx That was te problem :laugh::laugh:

HI I tried this Dim Config As System.Configuration.Configuration = WebConfigurationManager.OpenWebConfiguration("/SL2010WS") Dim csSettings As New ConnectionStringSettings("SL2010WSConnectionString", new_string) Dim csSection As ConnectionStringsSection = Config.ConnectionStrings csSection.ConnectionStrings.Clear() Config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified) Return (new_string + " was saved to web.config") As soon as I try to save the file then the VS tells me I do not have access to this file. I checked but the file is not read only :confused:

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BLOEDHOND wrote: I'm busy to see if the DataSet and DataAdapter object will be fast enough for my requirement. You can use the Execute methods of the connection object if you want less overhead. If you don't use the DataSet to feed a user interface, there is not really any reason to have it. BLOEDHOND wrote: Another question is, if a Web service "fires" on an incoming event and it executes and during execution another event comes in will the web service "fire" again on a different thread, or will IIS buffer this new incomming event? Each request will run in a separate thread, so you can have a number of requests executing at the same time. The web server limits (buffers) the requests per user (session), though, so you will not have more than one request running at a time for each user. --- b { font-weight: normal; }