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WindowsAccountType Enumeration

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Specifies the type of Windows account used.

Namespace: System.Security.Principal
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

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[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum WindowsAccountType

Members

	Member name	Description
	Normal	A standard user account.
	Guest	A Windows guest account.
	System	A Windows system account.
	Anonymous	An anonymous account.

Remarks

The WindowsAccountType enumeration is used by the WindowsIdentity class.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the WindowsIdentity constructor to create a new instance of the WindowsIdentity class for the user represented by the specified Windows account token, the specified authentication type, and the specified Windows account type. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class.

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private static void IntPtrStringTypeConstructor(IntPtr logonToken)
{
    // Construct a WindowsIdentity object using the input account token,
    // and the specified authentication type, and Windows account type.
    string authenticationType = "WindowsAuthentication";
    WindowsAccountType guestAccount = WindowsAccountType.Guest;
    WindowsIdentity windowsIdentity =
        new WindowsIdentity(logonToken, authenticationType, guestAccount);

    Console.WriteLine("Created a Windows identity object named " +
        windowsIdentity.Name + ".");
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

System.Security.Principal Namespace

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