DirectoryEntry to change password: Different behavior between Vista/Server2008

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Published on 2010-04-11T01:37:48Z Indexed on 2010/04/11 1:43 UTC
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Hey everyone,

On a Vista dev machine I used this code successfully to change user "Administrator" password:

directoryEntry.Invoke("SetPassword", "new");

When I moved it over to my Server 2008 dev machine that code did not work, and I was forced to use the following code:

directoryEntry.Invoke("ChangePassword", new object[] { "old", "new" });

My question is, why?

For both cases, I created my DirectoryEntry object as such:

DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry(string.Format("WinNT://{0}/{1}", computerName, username));

Thanks! 8)

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