Vista - requesting help: Looking to see if a local user exists.

Im having a bit of trouble finding this. I have some AD samples to do
the same, but I need to find out if a user exists locally.

Basically:
If User "Administrator" exists then call Subexists
else call Subnoexist


figure I would ask.
TYIA

- Ryan

"Ryan" <djcalvin@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ulUTw0RGJHA.1720@xxxxxxIf your "AD samples" use the LDAP provider, this will not work, as local
accounts are, by definition, not AD accounts. You will need to use the WinNT
provider.

/Al

"Al Dunbar" <AlanDrub@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e$4%23GJUGJHA.3736@xxxxxxAnd one way to tell if a specific user exists is to attempt to bind with the
WinNT provider and trap the possible error. In brief:

strUser = "Administrator"
strComputer = "TestComputer"
On Error Resume Next
Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "/" & strUser & ",user")
If (Err.Number = 0) Then
On Error GoTo 0
Wscript.Echo "Local user " & strUser & " exists."
Else
On Error GoTo 0
Wscript.Echo "Local user " & strUser & " does NOT exist."
End If

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Richard Mueller
MVP Directory Services
Hilltop Lab - http://www.rlmueller.net
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>> Richard Mueller [MVP] wroteThat's it.. Thank you VERY much, works perfectly.
I thought there was a userexists call though? (I've been reading way too
many vbs books late late at night, prob misread it)