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SUMMARY Overview of Managing Credentials How to Manage Stored User Names and Passwords Add an Entry Remove Entry Edit a Entry Troubleshooting REFERENCES This article describes how to manage stored user names and passwords on a computer that is not a member of a domain. When you log on to a Windows XP-based computer, you can supply a user name and password, which becomes your default security context for connecting to other computers on networks and over the Internet. However, this user name and
password may not provide access to all desired resources. The Stored User Names and Passwords feature provides a way to store additional user names and passwords as a part of your profile. Stored User Names and Passwords is a secured store for password information. With this feature, you can type user names and passwords for various network resources and applications (such as email) one time, and then have Windows automatically supply that information for subsequent visits to those
resources without your intervention. When you first log on to a server or a Web site, you are prompted for your user name and password. When you type your user name and password for the resource, and then click to select the Remember my password check box, your logon information is stored with your user account. When you next connect to the same
resource, these stored credentials are used by Windows to automatically authenticate your user account. When a credential is saved by selecting the Remember my password check box on the user name and password dialog box that you receive when you connect to a resource, the credential are saved in the most general form possible. For example, if you access a specific server in a domain, the credential may be saved as *.domain.com (where domain is the name of the domain).
Saving a different credential for a different server in this domain would not overwrite this credential. The new credential would be saved by the use of more specific information. When you access a resource, the authentication package searches the Stored User Names and Passwords store for the most specific credential that matches that resource. If one is found, it will be used by the authentication package without any interaction from you. If a credential is not found, an authentication error will be returned to the program that attempted to access the resource. At this point, you are prompted for your user name and password. You can manually manage the credentials that are stored in Stored User Names and Passwords by clicking Manage my network passwords in the user account that you want to change. In the Stored User Names and Passwords dialog box, you can add a new entry, remove an existing entry, or view the properties and edit an existing entry; to do so, click the Add, Edit, or Properties button. How to Manage Stored User Names and PasswordsTo manage stored user names and passwords, follow these steps:
Add an EntryTo manually add a credential:
Remove an EntryTo remove a credential:
Edit an EntryTo edit a credential:
TroubleshootingWhen you store user account information for remote resources in this manner, anyone who gains access to your user account may also gain access to these password-protected resources. For this reason, it is highly recommended to use a strong password for your Windows XP account. For more information about creating strong passwords, click Start, and then click Help and Support. In the Search box, type creating strong passwords, and then click the Start searching button. ReferencesFor additional information about managing stored user names and passwords, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
306992 How to Manage Stored User Names and Passwords on a Computer in a Domain 281660 Behavior of Stored User Names and Passwords Need more help?Where are SYSTEM passwords stored?Click on the Control Panel. Go to User Accounts. Click on Manage your network passwords on the left. You should find your credentials here!
How are computer passwords stored?Although your passwords appear as dots when you type them into password fields in your Web browser, they are conveniently stored in your computer's keychain access log. This log contains passwords, certificates and keys from websites you've visited and applications that require passwords.
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