Comments on: Add, Remove, Backup, Restore Passwords using Credential Manager in Windows 11

By: Paulo Matos

Paulo Matos — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 09:08:00 +0000

CTRL+ALT+DELETE (or CTRL+ALT+END on Remote Desktop)

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reset windows 7 password — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:06:00 +0000

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By: HarshM@TWC

HarshM@TWC — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:35:14 +0000

As per my knowledge, user name and passwords are stored in an electronic vault and this stuff is encrypted. Exact name of the algorithm I still don’t know. But i believe they are encrypted using AES algorithm i.e. Rijndael which provides 256 bit encryption as .Net framework has support for it. AES passwords are hard to break. If you find any tool which breaks the security of Windows Vault then please share with us.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:45:36 +0000

Sorry, I did not mean for it to sound like I was discrediting what you had wrote. If anyone is comfortable doing this then by all means do it.
As for me I do not store ANY usernames or passwords on any of my devices, I also make a habit of entering all that info manually when I visit sites or servers. And if I happen to forget a username or password, it is backed up on a thumb drive stored in a safe place.
Even though you say the passwords are encrypted and uses DPAPI it would be interesting to see if a program something like Trinity would be able to crack it because it DOES crack Windows logon passwords which is supposed to be encrypted the same way.

By: HarshM@TWC

HarshM@TWC — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:39:02 +0000

Well ED first of all you might be right in your own respect but this feature is still quite handy. Passwords are encrypted and it uses DPAPI for the. The feature mentioned is just for the sake of simplicity for end users and this is aren’t that bad which you think. Saving the passwords in cookies makes you more vulnerable.