Windows Password retriving using C#

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Can we access windows password from our C# ?I tried write the programm and searched on net .I found that we cant access uer password.Could any one answer correctly to my question?

Posted 27-Aug-12 0:32am

Prashant Bangaluru

Updated 27-Aug-12 1:30am

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Sandeep Mewara 27-Aug-12 7:02am

?If yes please write the code snippet
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pramod.hegde · Answer 1 · 2012-08-27T01:48:00

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Windows Password is a One way Hash password. With lot of effort you can retrieve the hash value of your password. But you cannot get the actual password itself.
Retrieve the Windows 7 Password Hash on the Fly[^]

Posted 27-Aug-12 1:48am

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Prabhakaran Soundarapandian · Answer 2 · 2012-08-27T00:36:00

You can get the current identity of the user under which the current thread is running (not necessarily the logged in user) using WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent(). Alternatively you can get the logged in user name via the Environment.UserName property. It is not guaranteed to be the user running the current process however.

There is no Windows API to get a user's password as passwords aren't stored in Windows.

Have a look on Reset Windows Administrator Account Password in C#[^]