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----------------------------------------------------------- From: Z?ón Message 2 in Discussion Hema, First of all you need to see if you can view any existing group objects. You would be using the DirectoryEntry objects for this. Now when connecting to ActiveDirectory services you need to specify a provider Here the the provider is LDAP. If you want to use LDAP you made sure the server your are trying to create the user on has a LDAP service running. Basically if Active Directory is installed then its possible. If you just want to add a local use to a local group then you can even use the WinNT provider. private void AddUser(string strDoamin, string strLogin, string strPwd) { DirectoryEntry obDirEntry = null; try { obDirEntry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + strDoamin); DirectoryEntries entries = obDirEntry.Children; DirectoryEntry obUser = entries.Add(strLogin, "User"); obUser.Properties["FullName"].Add("Amigo"); object obRet = obUser.Invoke("SetPassword", strPwd); obUser.CommitChanges(); } catch (Exception ex) { Trace.Warn(ex.Message); } } This would help you add and assign to the group Sub Main() Try Dim AD As DirectoryEntry = _ New DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" + Environment.MachineName + ",computer") Dim NewUser As DirectoryEntry = AD.Children.Add("TestUser1", "user") NewUser.Invoke("SetPassword", New Object() {"#12345Abc"}) NewUser.Invoke("Put", New Object() {"Description", "Test User from .NET"}) NewUser.CommitChanges() Dim grp As DirectoryEntry grp = AD.Children.Find("Guests", "group") If grp.Name <> "" Then grp.Invoke("Add", New Object() {NewUser.Path.ToString()}) End If Console.WriteLine("Account Created Successfully") Console.ReadLine() Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine(ex.Message) Console.ReadLine() End Try End Sub Hope this helps. ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/Cochindotnet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]