Error 0x80005000 and DirectoryServices

Question

I\'m trying to run a simple LDAP query using directory services in .Net.

    DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry(\"LDAP://someserver.contoso.c         


        

Answer 1

This Error can occur if the physical machine has run out of memory. In my case i was hosting a site on IIS trying to access the AD, but the server had run out of memory.