" Passwords in Windows XP "

When a site prompts for "Remember Password", where are all the passwords and login information stored??

This is a question for which, many of you might be searching an answer. Well, then here goes a simple information that might give you a start!!

On checking the option, all the information are stored in the form on SAM files. The files are defaulted to the directory:

C:\Windows\system32\config

Though the files look like simple notepads, the information cannot be viewed by any of the editors. They contain hash codes and have no decryption algorithms.

But!!!!, Every problem has a solution.

These files can be viewed in LINUX. But in Windows, these files can neither be modified nor can be moved to a different location.

The emerging technologies have a solution too....The tool "PWDUMP" can decode these hashes. If you have lost your password, then this can be an easy way to get back the track.

These passwords can be deleted or disabled. For more information, check my tutorial on "Auto Complete Passwords"


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