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I lost a password ,but it is saved under windows credentials. It will log me in to certain apps but if it's something I haven't logged into yet it won't. I have a .crd file ,which I got by backing up the credentials in the control panel. Can I access the file and the passwords in it? I have tried so many things to get into the file/credentials but I am lost at this point. Please help. Thank you.

Edit: One of the most promising things I did was access the web credentials through the powershell ,but I couldn't access the windows credentials. Idk if it matters but thought I'd mention it

Best Answer

Sorry man. You are not going to be successful. Your password is not stored like you think. Only a hash of it is stored in a SAM file. The credentials file you have doesn't contain any local passwords like you hope.

Credential files (CRD) only contain:

  • Login passwords of remote computers on your LAN.
  • Passwords of mail accounts on exchange server (stored by Microsoft Outlook)
  • Windows Live session information.
  • Remote Desktop 6 user\password information.
  • Internet Explorer 7.x and 8.x: passwords of password-protected Web sites ("Basic Authentication" or "Digest Access Authentication")
  • Password of MSN Messenger / Windows Messenger accounts

You might try googling windows 10 password reset .. I have used many methods to do it for previous versions of Windows. I haven't ever done it for Windows 10 so I can't give you advice that I know works.

Perhaps someone else will come along and prove me wrong (I hope).. but I doubt it.

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