Using C#, how do you check if a computer account is disabled in active directory?

Question

How do you check if a computer account is disabled in Active Directory using C#/.NET

Answer 1

If you are using samAcountName or any other Identity field.. it is way simpler to use UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity method. And use the hybrid approach to Leandro López and Deepti. both their approaches are very good.. but very narrowly focused. More details on this flag is available on MSDN