Getting the window password

6 Apr 2005 9:27 AM

Lin

Hi all,

Is it possible to get the user password that logged in to the windows?!

thanks - Lin.

6 Apr 2005 11:14 AM

Scott McDaniel

"Lin" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A8259196-FC60-4CE0-ACD0-7586AC89636D@microsoft.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to get the user password that logged in to the windows?!
>
> thanks - Lin.

6 Apr 2005 11:21 AM

Lin

what about the "active directory"?! can't i get it from there?!

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"Scott McDaniel" wrote:

> No.
>
> "Lin" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A8259196-FC60-4CE0-ACD0-7586AC89636D@microsoft.com...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is it possible to get the user password that logged in to the windows?!
> >
> > thanks - Lin.
>
>
>

6 Apr 2005 11:36 AM

Douglas J. Steele

Windows won't be very secure if there was a way to get the password, would
it?

By the way, you're asking in an inappropriate newsgroup. This newsgroup is
intended for questions about using security in Access, the database product
that's part of Office Professional.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

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"Lin" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> what about the "active directory"?! can't i get it from there?!
>
> "Scott McDaniel" wrote:
>
>> No.
>>
>> "Lin" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A8259196-FC60-4CE0-ACD0-7586AC89636D@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Is it possible to get the user password that logged in to the windows?!
>> >
>> > thanks - Lin.
>>
>>
>>

6 Apr 2005 12:05 PM

Lin

Oooppppsss.. sorry (for the location of the question)

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"Douglas J. Steele" wrote:

> Windows won't be very secure if there was a way to get the password, would
> it?
>
> By the way, you're asking in an inappropriate newsgroup. This newsgroup is
> intended for questions about using security in Access, the database product
> that's part of Office Professional.
>
> --
> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
> http://I.Am/DougSteele
> (no e-mails, please!)
>
>
>
> "Lin" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B947712D-C47F-47BC-B688-30C96EEC4BF7@microsoft.com...
> > what about the "active directory"?! can't i get it from there?!
> >
> > "Scott McDaniel" wrote:
> >
> >> No.
> >>
> >> "Lin" <L**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:A8259196-FC60-4CE0-ACD0-7586AC89636D@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible to get the user password that logged in to the windows?!
> >> >
> >> > thanks - Lin.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

7 Apr 2005 6:02 AM

TC

In a properly implemented password system, it is computationally
impossible to reverse-enginner the plaintext passwords from the values
that are stored on disk.

HTH,
TC