need better tool then NET.EXE to add user

Using NET.EXE I can add a user and can also add the user to a group.
I do not see how to set non-expiring password.
I can easily bring up the administrator tool and modify the user and change
password to non-expiring so I have access privilege to do that.

We have developed an application and I am using InstallShield DevStudio 9 to
install the app(s). One of the modules is a com service and we have a
username / password to run it. We dont want the password to expire and the
win2003 server policy sets 1 year. There should be some way of doing this
during install where the installer is logged in as administrator. The
version of DevStudio we got does not have any builting functions to handlen
user accounts. Not sure if the lastest does.

Currently we are using "LaunchAppAndWait" to execute net.exe and create the
user account, shares, etc.

Can someone point me to a better way of doing this? Is there an API call
to do this stuff?

...thanks..

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"Beemer Biker" <jstateson@swri.edu> wrote in message
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> Using NET.EXE I can add a user and can also add the user to a group.
> I do not see how to set non-expiring password.

Sorry... i discovered VBScript just after posting this.