I've some code on the net regarding retrieval of NetBIOSName (Pre-windows 2000 domain name) of an Active Directory Domain. Here's my code sample:

Me._rootDSE = New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("GC://RootDSE", "", "")
      Dim results As System.DirectoryServices.SearchResultCollection = Nothing
      Dim ADSPath As String = "GC://CN=Partitions," + Me._rootDSE.Properties("configurationNamingContext").Value.ToString()

      Dim adse As System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry = New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry(ADSPath, "", "")

      Dim searcher As System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher

      searcher = New System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher(adse)
      searcher.SearchScope = DirectoryServices.SearchScope.OneLevel
      searcher.Filter = "(&(objectClass=crossRef)(systemflags=3))"
      searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("netbiosname")
      searcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("ncname")

      results = searcher.FindAll()

      If results.Count > 0 Then
        For Each sr As System.DirectoryServices.SearchResult In results
          Dim de As System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry = sr.GetDirectoryEntry()
          'netbiosname and ncname properties returns nothing
          System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(sr.GetDirectoryEntry().Properties("netbiosname").Value.ToString())
          System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(sr.GetDirectoryEntry().Properties("ncname").Value.ToString())
        Next
      End If

When I am using the "(&(objectClass=crossRef)(systemFlags=3))" filter, I am not getting any result, but when I removed the systemFlags filter, I get some results.

However, on the search results that I got, I still cannot access the values of ncName and NetBIOSName properties. I can get other properties like distinguishedName and CN of the search result properly.

Any idea on what I might be doing wrong, or where to look further?