Use System.DirectoryServices If you do a google search on this, there are some good examples.

is there a method that i can query Ad in group lets say i wanted to get them is groups of 500 until i get all of them example

i'm trying to manage my dns server i'm have a csharp program that deletes computer from the domain after the have not loged on in 90 day and i wanted to also delete them from DNS so i need to delete A and Prt records for the computer i am removing from Active Directory

you mean Mouse Cursor ? if so, try to change it from windows registry Here Please[^] I know nothing , I know nothing ...

what i am really looking to do is check the total right a users has to a share do i have to find out all the groups they are in and get all the rights for each group and calulate it my self or is there and easier way?

You have to perform a paged seach, you can't exceed the server side limit of 1000 objects returned. See DirectorySearcher.PageSize [^]property. Manas Bhardwaj Please remember to rate helpful or unhelpful answers, it lets us and people reading the forums know if our answers are any good.

I think you might have got the wrong forum - your post certainly has nothing to do with COM - I suspect you may get more assistance posting in the C# forum. Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

This is what I use passing in the DirectoryEntry object as a paramater. public static bool CheckAccountDisabled(DirectoryEntry de) { int ACCOUNTDISABLE = 0x0002; int flags = (int)de.Properties["userAccountControl"].Value; if (((flags & ACCOUNTDISABLE) == ACCOUNTDISABLE)) { return true; } return false; } modified on Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:02 PM

That's alot of work and a complete waste considering you didn't even the the OP's question... A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007, 2008