"   results.Getdirectoryentry().properties("description").value =
"Turek, Brett - Dell Laptop"
        results.CommitChanges()
        results.Close()
"
part will actually do what i want, change the description in AD of the
computer.  Can anyone look this over and let me know if i am on the
right path?  How about some examples of how to change things in AD?

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Complete Code:
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Public Sub Button5_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Handles Button5.Click
        'Rename Description
        Dim userID = "DOMAIN\USERNAME"
        Dim password = "PASSWORD"
        Dim rootEnty As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://
OU=Computers,OU=City,OU=MAR,OU=Customer,DC=us,DC=company,DC=com",
userID, password)
        Dim Searcher As New DirectorySearcher(rootEnty)
        Searcher.Filter = "(CN=computerName)"

        results = Searcher.FindOne()

        'For Each result In results
        item =
results.GetDirectoryEntry().Properties("description").Value
        'Next
        MsgBox(item) ' output to check that look up worked.

        results.Getdirectoryentry().properties("description").value =
"Turek, Brett - Dell Laptop"
        results.CommitChanges()
        results.Close()
    End Sub

  For VB.Net you can try the groups below, or any other
group with "dotnet" or "vsnet" in the name:

microsoft.public.dotnet.general
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
microsoft.public.vsnet.general

  If you are new to VB.Net, you need to know that there
are "two VBs" in use, which are entirely different beyond
their similar syntax. Likewise, there are two kinds of VB
newsgroups.

You need to be aware of the difference between "the two VBs"
when looking for newsgroups. The same applies when searching
for sample code. VB and VB.Net code can look very similar in
some cases, but code in one system is not applicable to the other.

I have re posted here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/b...

Hopefully this will be the right place.

thanks,
brett

ok, it appears that i have run into a spot that i am not able to
figure out on my own.  Let me first say that i have hobbled together
this SUB from things i found on the internet and tutorials. Here is my
issue...I can search AD for the description of the computer and
display it out but am unable to figure out if the

You may also want to check out the following resource:

http://directoryprogramming.net/default.aspx

Paul
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Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)