C# Definition:

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
struct LUID {
   public uint LowPart;
   public uint HighPart;
public struct LUID {
   public UInt32 LowPart;
   public Int32 HighPart;
}

VB Definition:

Structure LUID
   Public LowPart As Integer
   Public HighPart As Integer
End Structure

Notes:

Why is this defined as two ints instead of a long? As far as I can see there's no need to treat it as anything other than

an opaque 64 bit field

Q: Why is this defined as two ints instead of a long? As far as I can see there's no need to treat it as anything other than

an opaque 64 bit field.

A: Short answer: quirky structure-packing and array-alignment. Long answer: LUID is a member of LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES struct, which is a variable-size embedded array member of TOKEN_PRIVILEGES struct, occurring after a 4-byte dword value..

So, if you model LUID as Int64, the array alignment will be on 8-byte boundary within TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, which is broken.. but if you model LUID as a pair of 4-byte values, the array alignment becomes 4-byte, which is correct. [source: I just made this mistake of using Int64 for LUID and spent hours debugging my failing calls to AdjustTokenPrivileges]

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