code:
$string = "DOMAIN\UserName:(OI)(IO)(special access:)"
$Account = split(split($string,":")[0],"\")
$Domain = $Account[0]
$Username = $Account[1]
? $Domain
? $Username

or more simply
code:
? split(split($string,":")[0],"\")[1]  



[ 07. January 2003, 22:00: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ]
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