[dba-Tech] Password Manager

Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software bchacc at san.rr.com
Tue Nov 8 12:46:14 CST 2005


Marty:

Now I'm thinking it's in Firefox somewhere because when I use IE to go to a 
site that auto fills the login and password in FF it doesn't do it in IE.

How do I start the Files Transfer Wizard?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Password Manager


> The easiest way is to use the Windows Transfer Files Wizard.
> For IE, it is notated under AutoComplete. For Netscape, it is known as
> Password Manager
>
> However the more complex way not for the feint of heart. I have never
> attempted this.
> They are stored in the Protected Storage registry key.
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System 
> Provider\<SID>
>
> <SID> varies, and by default you don't have access to the sub-keys named
> "Data", "Data2" and/or more, but you can give yourself full permissions
> to the <SID> key and it's sub-keys. One of the branch beneath contains
> the Autocomplete/username/password data and you can export them to REG
> files if you want. If you are going to merge the data to another
> profile, note that the <SID> will be different in that profile. Some
> modifications to the REG file may be necessary.
>
> Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote:
>
>>I transferred my bookmarks to another machine but now I'd like to transfer 
>>the logins and passwords as well from the password manager.  Does anybody 
>>know how to do this?
>>
>>MTIA,
>>
>>Rocky Smolin
>>Beach Access Software
>>http://www.e-z-mrp.com
>>858-259-4334
>>
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Marty Connelly
> Victoria, B.C.
> Canada
>
>
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