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C#.Net - How to Unlock a Domain Account in Active Directory

Sat, 2007-02-10 00:43 — hagrin

How to Unlock a Domain Account in Active Directory utilizing C# .Net - (note: you must have Domain Admin privledges to execute this code successfully and you must import the System.DirectoryServices namespace):

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.DirectoryServices;

...

private void btnDisableUser_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string strUserName = "InsertUserNameHere";
DirectoryEntry usr = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://dc=InsertDomainHere, dc=COM");
DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher(usr);
searcher.Filter = "(SAMAccountName=" + strUserName + ")";
searcher.CacheResults = false;
SearchResult result = searcher.FindOne();
usr = result.GetDirectoryEntry();
usr.Properties["LockOutTime"].Value = 0x0000;
usr.CommitChanges();
}

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