> They are hashed anyhow, even if you find them, they won't be in the clear.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"The Pits" http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> They are hashed anyhow, even if you find them, they won't be in the clear.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"The Pits" http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> > They are hashed anyhow, even if you find them, they won't be in the
clear.
> They don't have to be readable to me, just to Windows :-)
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/
> "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
> --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> When I want to find something, I ask my wife. She knows where EVERYTHING
> is.
Unfortunately I'm not married, nor do I have a GF that lives with me,
good suggestion though
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/
"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> Try looking in C:\Documents and Settings\(UserName)\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials. There should be a very long alpha-numeric folder in Credentials. Contents are all encoded. Keep in mind, you need to be using AutoComplete in Internet Explorer (Tools/Internet Options/Content tab/Personal information section at bottom) for this to be working. Additionally, many web sites contain the specific password you've selected within a cookie which is deposited into your temporary internet files folder.
> --
> Chris H.
The alpha numeric subfolder was empty, so I guess the login/pw for those
sites I visit are stored in the cookies then, ok, thx, at least I know
where to start looking now :-)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.theuspits.com
http://www.teammirage.com
"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> Try looking in C:\Documents and Settings\(UserName)\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials. There should be a very long alpha-numeric folder in Credentials. Contents are all encoded. Keep in mind, you need to be using AutoComplete in Internet Explorer (Tools/Internet Options/Content tab/Personal information section at bottom) for this to be working. Additionally, many web sites contain the specific password you've selected within a cookie which is deposited into your temporary internet files folder.
> --
> Chris H.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.theuspits.com
http://www.teammirage.com
"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> > Try looking in C:\Documents and Settings\(UserName)\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials. There should be a very long alpha-numeric folder in Credentials. Contents are all encoded. Keep in mind, you need to be using AutoComplete in Internet Explorer (Tools/Internet Options/Content tab/Personal information section at bottom) for this to be working. Additionally, many web sites contain the specific password you've selected within a cookie which is deposited into your temporary internet files folder.
> > --
> > Chris H.
> Found it, it was in the cookie, in plain text even, I could have sworn I
> looked at this earlier, guess I didn't, thx Chris
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> http://www.theuspits.com
> http://www.teammirage.com
> "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
> --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> Good, glad you found it! Believe me, had there been something in the other folder you would not have known what to do with it anyway. It is all gibberish.
> --
> Chris H.
Thx again, this will make the day go by a bit quicker down at the shop
:-)
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.theuspits.com
http://www.teammirage.com
"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> > Good, glad you found it! Believe me, had there been something in the other folder you would not have known what to do with it anyway. It is all gibberish.
> > --
> > Chris H.
> I know exactly what I'd do with it, copy the files to my other computer
> and let Windows sort it out for me :-)
> Thx again, this will make the day go by a bit quicker down at the shop
> :-)
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> http://www.theuspits.com
> http://www.teammirage.com
> "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
> --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> Is the other machine also Windows XP? If so, take a look in Help and Support for information on Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. You can move all your settings or specific only specific folders/files.
> --
> Chris H.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
> > Is the other machine also Windows XP? If so, take a look in Help and Support for information on Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. You can move all your settings or specific only specific folders/files.
> > --
> > Chris H.
> Yes it is, and I know the file was in there somewhere as I transferred
> that whole "settings" thing from a Win2k PC to this one, which has
> WinXP, keeping all my bookmarks and stuff, I just needed those couple of
> PW's and I didn't want to***up the rest of my settings on my work
> computer or I would have burned the entire contents of my "documents and
> settings" folder to a CD and transferred them over already, it's only
> 378 sub folders and 2728 files after all, about 250 MB :-)
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
> --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--
Great one Dave!
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"Dave Henrie" said: