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    Nov 17, 2006, 12:22 AM
    User name and password under windows registry
    Where windows xp stores user name and password under windows registry?
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    Nov 17, 2006, 07:28 AM
    Why do you ask?
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    Nov 20, 2006, 06:07 AM
    Also I don't think it's just stored in the registry like that. It would be a HUGE security risk. For one it would be encoded with a industry standard encryption algorithm.

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