I am using DirectoryServices to get all groups and all users from active
directory. Now I want to use the filter to limit the groups and users. I
would like to remove the builtin groups. I use the code below but the built
in groups are still there. The main question is how do I ...

I was testing out a simple project and I did a "setup" project for my
simple application.
After installed the application, everything went horribly wrong. All my
other applications executable has been "hijacked". Whenever I click any

I created a class that can serialize and deserialize itself dynamically.
Please see the example class below.
I can call the class to serialise and deserialise  as follows:
       Dim objPerson As New Person

Do I need version 1.1 and it's service pack if I install version 2? Thanks in
advance.

Im creating a app that will go through all the OU's and look for a
certain user by username. In doing some testing I noticed that its not
filtering everything out exept for user ObjectClass. It seems to be
pulling computers as well. Not sure why this is happening but need to

I don't know in which group my question needs to be posted so here i go:
I know that the socket 'begin...' methods uses the threadpool to call the
callback function but does that mean that the sockets can't handle more than
25 concurrent 'begin...' methods that complete since the ...

I want to know if having to many using (imports in VB) statements at the top
of a class or page can hit on the performance of the application or on the
memory usage of the application.
I use ASP.NET framework v2.0...  When creating a web page there are about

I need version information from and non-gac based assembly. And I need
it at command line. Is there an command line application that shows it?
It's a tiny app to make myself, but I still want to ask before I do
it....

I need to copy Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel from the GAC but
I can't figure out how to do that.
What happens if I uninstall it from the GAC?  Does it disappear completely
from the system or is a copy made somewhere?

I am using ASP.NET 2.0's ImageMap Control to create 2 imagemaps, one
directly below the other. When I do this a thin blank space appears between
them. After several days of frustration I realized that the difference
between what the ImageMap Control outputs and the html on the ...

Im creating a app that will pull a list of usernames in a txt doc and
then find them in active directory and set the "User must change
password at next login" attribut. I would like to limit it to a
specific out and all sub OU under it. Im having issues nailing down the

When I format a number to a string in scientific notation:
string.Format("{0:E}",20000);
I get the following string (culture de-DE):
2,000000E+003

I have a mapping table that I need to query to generate my report. The
table structure is as below:
Mapping table
m_id      m_table   m_dept     org    dept         id      table

Is there a way to convert a VFP app to a VB.Net app?

I'm running service pack 2 on XP
I tried to install the runtime files for framework 2, but it is always
hanging at the same place
the install dialog shows