Re: Change Username/Password for an existing Windows Service

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From: Scott Swigart (scott_at_3leaf.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:24:38 -0800

On windows XP, you can use the "sc" command line utility, such as:

sc config MyService obj= UserName password= newPassword

You can use Process.Start to run this command. 

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Scott Swigart
http://blog.swigartconsulting.com
"Scott Lezberg (Deltek)" <slezberg@ma.deltek.com> wrote in message 
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> Does anyone have any sample code on how to change a username/password for 
> an existing Windows service?
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott
>

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