Hi pal, I found the relevant doc and it contained information on my requirements. The problem now is that I am new to C# programming and facing problem to implement it. Can u help me by providing some sample code? :confused: Suvadip.

Nick Parker wrote: Have you looked at the DirectoryEntry [^] class? Nick, I am using the Directory Entry class to get the usernames and their details on the Active Directory and also to authenticate a user for their login. But among the property lists their isn't any option for checking whether the user's account has been disabled or enabled. Though when trying to authenticate the user provided username and password, even if correct username and password is given and if the account is disabled, I am getting error and hence authentication is failing. But thats only possible if I know both the username and password. But here, I only know the domain path, and enumerating that I am able to get the usernames only and not the passwords. So, I think, I need to get the enabled/disabled property of an user account in some different way, which I suppose is possible. And to add to that, the link provided by Bruce does not exist anymore .... Suvadip.

BrcKcc wrote: _http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-s/adschema/adschema/a\_useraccountcontrol.asp_ The above link gives the following : Page Cannot Be Found We apologize for the inconvenience, but the page you are seeking cannot be found in this location. Can u provide me with the actual document (if you have it) ?

How can I detect whether the account of a user is enabled/disabled using Active Directory? The user can be of any Win Server i.e. Win2K/WinXP/Win2K3 I am able to retrieve the other properties using Active Directory. I need to enumerate thru all the users present on the server ..... and hence I don't know their passwords and hence cannot check whether their account is enabled/disabled by authenticating using the username and the password. Any suggestion/comment is welcomed ...............

I want to retrieve the usernames and passwords of all the users present on the active directory of a server. How will I be able to do that? Any sugestion is welcomed..........