How to save the Password in C# .NET?

Question

I am making a C#.NET application wherein I have designed an Administrator account. Now to Login in that account the Administrator has to enter the password.

My Ques

Answer 1

You can store it salted and hashed in a user settings file.

You can access the default settings file using something like:

private bool CheckPassword(string salt, string password) 
{
   var hash = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(salt + password);
   var sha1 = new SHA1CryptoServiceProvider();
   var sha1hash = sha1.ComputeHash(hash);
   var hashedPassword = ASCIIEncoding.GetString(sha1hash);

   return (Properties.Settings.Default.adminPass == hashedPassword);
}