Get Windows Users

[hyousuf2]

how do i get the list of local windows user on a machine.

[Mr.No]

Reference the System.DirectoryServices and have a look at the classes available, it should enable you to list the users in a domain. If you set the domain to "." your machine name it should list the users. Of course you'll need to be an admin on the machine to make it work.

[hyousuf2]

i did not find the package / classs System.DirectoryServices in .NET 1.1 nor in .NET 2.0 please check it agian.
also refer to the attached image, i want that list somehow

[jmcilhinney]

Reference the System.DirectoryServices and have a look at the classes available, it should enable you to list the users in a domain. If you set the domain to "." your machine name it should list the users. Of course you'll need to be an admin on the machine to make it work.

Do you know the difference between referencing an assembly and importing a namespace? They are completely unrelated. I'm guessing that you were trying to import a namespace, but if you haven't referenced any assemblies in which that namespace is defined then of course it won't be visible.

[hyousuf2]

i knew that difference, i thought its reference would be included by default and got the classes in it. but still could not get what i wanted .. please check that whether the DirectoryServices can do it

[jmcilhinney]

A .NET project only references a few commonly used assemblies by default. AD is definitely NOT commonly used so there's no reason that it would be referenced by default.

[hyousuf2]

ok i got ur point but please come back to the point and give me some help

[jmcilhinney]

I would if I could, but I don't know the answer to your original question.