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I believe they are stored in the Registry, in:<br />
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&nbsp; HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software<wbr />\Microsoft<wbr />\Protected<wbr /> Storage System Provider\UserSID<br />
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They are encoded, so I don't think it'll be easy to copy them.<br />
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You may find the following of interest:<br />
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&nbsp;<a href="http://www.codeproject.com/tools/psexplorer.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.codeproject.com/tools/psexplorer.asp</a><br />
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I believe they are stored in the Registry, in:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider\UserSID

They are encoded, so I don't think it'll be easy to copy them.

You may find the following of interest:

 http://www.codeproject.com/tools/psexplorer.asp [http://www.codeproject.com/tools/psexplorer.asp]



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Does anyone know where Windows stores all of the passowrds that Ihave entered over the years? I want to transfer these to a new computer. Thanks....
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Does anyone know where Windows stores all of the passowrds that Ihave entered over the years? I want to transfer these to a new computer. Thanks....

Windows Stored Passwords

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