Re: Registry Values

On Oct 4, 10:25 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"neeleshb" <neelesh.bada...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Hi
I need to check if passwords have been set for Administrator and user
accounts in the registry.
Please could someone assist me in finding the string and exact
value(s) in the registry.

Passwords are "hashed", which means you cannot find out
from the registry what they are. However, you can try to
log on under these accounts with blank passwords.
Alternatively you could start a child process, using "runas.exe",
again with a blank password.

Hi
Thanx for the help, but unfortunately i need to find out specifically
from the registry if user accounts have passwords set.
The reason being, i need to write a script to find this information on
3200 windows xp machines and populate it in a report for auditing
purposes.

.

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