Lookup computer in Active Directory using VB.Net

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Hi

I need a little help with some VB.Net code..
I am pulling my computer's GUID out using WMI
Dim wmiObj As New System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT UUID FROM Win32_ComputerSystemProduct"
Dim objMgmt As System.Management.ManagementObjec
Dim MyByteGuid As Byte(
Dim MyStringGuid As Strin
Dim MyGuid As Gui
For Each objMgmt In wmiObj.Ge
MyStringGuid = objMgmt("UUID").ToString(
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MyGuid = New Guid(MyStringGuid

This gives me a GUID like: DD5FE69B-2523-11D6-AB9B-FE9338A908D

Now what I need to do i lookup this GUID in the Active Directory, I now that this precise value can be found in the netbootGUID property of my computer account, so I thought it would be like
objSrch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=computer)(netbootGUID=" & MyGuid.ToString() & "))"
This does not work, and the things I've tried with MyGuid.ToByteArray has not worked either..
Does anybody know how I can make the Active Directory lookup on the netbootGUID property ?
I need to find the computers name based on the GUID I get using WMI

All the best
Henning Kristensen
 
Okay, the answer was to flip it around...
So: DD5FE69B-2523-11D6-AB9B-FE9338A908DA
Becomes: \9B\E6\5F\DD\23\25\D6\11\AB\9B\FE\93\38\A9\08\DA (or something like that, haven't got the solution open at the moment)
 
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