Change local administrator password in C#

Question

I am looking for a way to change the password of a local user account (local Administrator) on a Windows (XP in this case) machine. I have read the CodeProject article about

Answer 1

Try the DirectoryEntry class instead of ManagementObject class.

Answer 2

As Ely noted, you can use the System.DirectoryServices code to accomplish this per MSDN:

String myADSPath = "LDAP://onecity/CN=Users,
     DC=onecity,DC=corp,DC=fabrikam,DC=com";

// Create an Instance of DirectoryEntry.
DirectoryEntry myDirectoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry(myADSPath);
myDirectoryEntry.Username = UserName;
myDirectoryEntry.Password = SecurelyStoredPassword;