WindowsAccountType Enumeration
Updated: May 2010
Specifies the type of Windows account used.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The WindowsAccountType enumeration is used by the System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity class.
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.
Private Sub IntPtrStringTypeConstructor(ByVal logonToken As IntPtr) ' Construct a WindowsIdentity object using the input account token, ' and the specified authentication type and Windows account type. Dim authenticationType As String = "WindowsAuthentication" Dim guestAccount As WindowsAccountType = WindowsAccountType.Guest Dim windowsIdentity As _ New WindowsIdentity(logonToken, authenticationType, guestAccount) WriteLine("Created a Windows identity object named " + _ windowsIdentity.Name + ".") End Sub
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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