Hi Tracy,

There's no difference between login in and checking username/password from security point of view.

>I know the reason the account gets locked when you attempt more than 3 times to logon in windows AD and fail. It makes sense to set it that way as well. Prevent hacking, automated logons, etc. However, if I want to check a username and password, but not actually have any access under that account (hence no security breach), is there anyway to do that? The below code will work for me, however, if I enter junk 3 times it will lock the ad account. I would like to just validate but not get access. We basically want to maintain usernames, passwords, and group memberships in active directory and then check it from VFP. I can do that, but if I fail to login 3 times I don't want the account locked. See, the workstation is already provided the necessary security permissions. I know, crazy... Any ideas?