Ok So for anyone interested I found some code that I can use.. http://www.codeverge.net/ng.asp-net-forum.security/getting-extended-user-information-from-active-directory[^] .. unfortunately this code is the "old" way of doing what I want to do, as in on .NET 2.0 this would be how it is done, I guess I will use this for now and get on with it.. upgrade my code later when I find more documentation on the 3.5 System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace. Tim ------------------------- Visit my Blog: http://tim.raimes.com.au/