Can we change system password using .Net?

Hi Sridhar,Try like

using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;

string userPath = "WinNT://yourMachineName/adminuser";
using (DirectoryEntry userEntry = new DirectoryEntry(userPath))
{
object[] password = new object[] {"newPwd", "oldPwd"};
object ret = userEntry.Invoke("ChangePassword", password );
userEntry.CommitChanges();
}

Please check out below links

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/forums/thread/184029/how-do-i-change-my-win7-admin-password-using-C-Sharp.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18602/Reset-Windows-Administrator-Account-Password-in-C

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4253893/how-to-change-password-to-user-account-by-c-sharp-code

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/234845/change-local-administrator-password-in-c-sharp

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Raja T10y ago
Hi Sridhar,Try like

using System;
using System.DirectoryServices;

string userPath = "WinNT://yourMachineName/adminuser";
using (DirectoryEntry userEntry = new DirectoryEntry(userPath))
{
object[] password = new object[] {"newPwd", "oldPwd"};
object ret = userEntry.Invoke("ChangePassword", password );
userEntry.CommitChanges();
}

Please check out below links

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/forums/thread/184029/how-do-i-change-my-win7-admin-password-using-C-Sharp.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18602/Reset-Windows-Administrator-Account-Password-in-C

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4253893/how-to-change-password-to-user-account-by-c-sharp-code

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/234845/change-local-administrator-password-in-c-sharp