LOCATIONS OF SAVED PASSWORDS !

# Internet Explorer 4.00 - 6.00:

The passwords are stored in a secret location in the Registry known as the "Protected Storage".
The base key of the Protected Storage is located under the following key:
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider".
You can browse the above key in the Registry Editor (RegEdit), but you won't be able to watch the passwords, because they are encrypted.
Also, this key cannot easily moved from one computer to another, like you do with regular Registry keys.
# Internet Explorer 7.00 - 8.00:

The new versions of Internet Explorer stores the passwords in 2 different locations.
1. AutoComplete passwords are stored in the Registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2.

2. HTTP Authentication passwords are stored in the Credentials file under
Documents and Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials

, together with login passwords of LAN computers and other passwords.

# Firefox:

The passwords are stored in one of the following filenames: signons.txt, signons2.txt, and signons3.txt (depends on Firefox version)
These password files are located inside the profile folder of Firefox, in
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[Profile Name]

Also, key3.db, located in the same folder, is used for encryption/decription of the passwords.

# Google Chrome Web browser:

The passwords are stored in
[Windows Profile]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Web Data

(This filename is SQLite database which contains encrypted passwords and other stuff)

# Opera:

The passwords are stored in wand.dat filename, located under
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile

# Outlook Express (All Versions):

The POP3/SMTP/IMAP passwords Outlook Express are also stored in the Protected Storage, like the passwords of old versions of Internet Explorer.

# Outlook 98/2000:

Old versions of Outlook stored the POP3/SMTP/IMAP passwords in the Protected Storage, like the passwords of old versions of Internet Explorer.

# Outlook 2002-2008:

All new versions of Outlook store the passwords in the same Registry key of the account settings.
The accounts are stored in the Registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\[Profile Name]\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676\[Account Index]

If you use Outlook to connect an account on Exchange server, the password is stored in the Credentials file, together with login passwords of LAN computers.

# Windows Live Mail:

All account settings, including the encrypted passwords, are stored in
[Windows Profile]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\[Account Name]

The account filename is an xml file with .oeaccount extension.

# ThunderBird:

The password file is located under
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\[Profile Name]

You should search a filename with .s extension.

# Google Talk:

All account settings, including the encrypted passwords, are stored in the Registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Talk\Accounts\[Account Name]

# Google Desktop:

Email passwords are stored in the Registry under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Google Desktop\Mailboxes\[Account Name]


# MSN/Windows Messenger version 6.x and below:

The passwords are stored in one of the following locations:
1. Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger
2. Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService
3. In the Credentials file, with entry named as "Passport.Net\\*". (Only when the OS is XP or more)

# MSN Messenger version 7.x:

The passwords are stored under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Creds\[Account Name]

# Windows Live Messenger version 8.x/9.x:

The passwords are stored in the Credentials file, with entry name begins with "WindowsLive:name=".


# Yahoo Messenger 6.x:

The password is stored in the Registry, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager
("EOptions string" value)

# Yahoo Messenger 7.5 or later:


The password is stored in the Registry, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager - "ETS" value.

The value stored in "ETS" value cannot be recovered back to the original password.

# AIM Pro:

The passwords are stored in the Registry, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AIM\AIMPRO\[Account Name]

# AIM 6.x:

The passwords are stored in the Registry, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\America Online\AIM6\Passwords


# ICQ Lite 4.x/5.x/2003:

The passwords are stored in the Registry, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mirabilis\ICQ\NewOwners\[ICQ Number]
(MainLocation value)

# ICQ 6.x:

The password hash is stored in
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\ICQ\[User Name]\Owner.mdb (Access Database)
(The password hash cannot be recovered back to the original password)


# Digsby:

The main password of Digsby is stored in
[Windows Profile]\Application Data\Digsby\digsby.dat

All other passwords are stored in Digsby servers.


# PaltalkScene:

The passwords are stored in the Registry, under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Paltalk\[Account Name].

Shutdown Command Via Command Prompt :-

The 'Shutdown' Command Becomes More Flexible and Automated when used from the Command Prompt.

To Run the 'Shutdown' command from the command prompt, go to 'Start > Run', type 'cmd', and press 'Enter'.
In the black box (the command prompt) type 'Shutdown' and the Switches you want to use with the 'Shutdown' command.
You have to use at least one switch for the shutdown command to work.

The Switches :-
The 'Shutdown' command has a few options called Switches. You can always see them by typing 'shutdown -?' in the command prompt if you forget any of them.

-i: Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l: Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s: Shutdown the computer
-r: Shutdown and restart the computer
-a: Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername: Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx: Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c “comment”: Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f: Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy: The reason code for the shutdown u is the user code p is a planned shutdown code xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256) yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

Note :- I’ve noticed using a switch with a '-' sign doesn’t work sometimes.
If you are having trouble try using a '/' in place of '-' in your switches.

Examples :-
shutdown –m \\computername –r –f
This command will restart the computer named computername and force any programs that might still be running to stop.

shutdown –m \\computername –r –f –c “I’m restarting your computer. Please save your work now.” –t 120
This command will restart the computer named computername, force any programs that might still be running to stop, give to user on that computer a message, and countdown 120 seconds before it restarts.

shutdown –m \\computername –a
This command will abort a previous shutdown command that is in progress.

Using A Batch File :-
You can create a file that performs the shutdown command on many computers at one time.

In this example I’m going to create a batch file that will use the shutdown command to shut down 3 computers on my home network before I go to bed.

Open 'Notepad' and type the shutdown command to shut down a computer for each computer on the network.
Make sure each shutdown command is on its own line.
An example of what should be typed in notepad is given below-

shutdown –m \\computer1 –s
shutdown –m \\computer2 –s
shutdown –m \\computer3 -s

Now I’ll save it as a batch file by going to file, save as, change save as type to all files, give the file a name ending with '.bat'. I named mine 'shutdown.bat'.
Pick the location to save the batch file in and save it.

When you run the batch file it’ll shutdown computer 1, 2, and 3 for you.

You can use any combination of shutdown commands in a batch file.