How to programmatically change Active Directory password

Question

I have a set of test accounts that are going to be created but the accounts will be setup to require password change on the first login. I want to write a program in C# to

Answer 1

Here's a great Active Directory programming quick reference:

Howto: (Almost) Everything In Active Directory via C#

See the password reset code near the end.

public void ResetPassword(string userDn, string password)
{
    DirectoryEntry uEntry = new DirectoryEntry(userDn);
    uEntry.Invoke("SetPassword", new object[] { password });
    uEntry.Properties["LockOutTime"].Value = 0; //unlock account

    uEntry.Close();
}