Windows password file

i believe in windows 9x its *.pwl files.. i dont know in NT platforms .. ;)
try it.
to edit them look on a site called astalavista.box.sk

good luck.

Their isn't a password file for XP, every user that logs into a XP computer gets registery files associated to him/her. It is usually situated under the "documents and settings\username" it is two hidden files with the extension .dat These files keeps the required settings for that user including his/her passwords, but there they are incrypted.

You can see them in Control Panel --> Users and Passwords. And yes, you can edit them there as well. There's no single file for users/passwords on newer OSes.

All info on users and passwords is *not* contained in the user profile, but in a the file C:\windows\system32\config\sam. And No, it cannot be edited as such. You'll have to go to control panel indeed.

If you need to reset passwords there are utilities that allow you to do this. Winternals.com You have to boot from a created cd and no you cannot read the passwords you can change them though. It is not cheap.

Lee