Remove Saved Passwords In XP
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Windows XP gives you the ability to store user names and passwords on your local computer so you do not have to enter in your credentials each time you access different sites or resources. Of course this provides some simplicity for users that have to remember more than one user name and password. However, in terms of security, any one who sits down at your computer while you are logged on can then access sites and resources using your cached credentials.
You can view and remove the stored credentials on your computer using the following steps:
- Click Start and select Run.
- Type in rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr and Click OK.
- The Stored User Names and Passwords dialog box will appear.
- You can remove an entry by selecting it from the list and clicking the Remove button.
- Click Close.
5 Comments
Jeff
May 22nd, 2007
at 6:19am
The only password that shows is the localhost. It didn’t show any banking or credit card passwords, etc.
Graeme
July 26th, 2007
at 5:55pm
That was fantastic!
Lasse Andersen
November 16th, 2007
at 3:28am
Just saved my day^^
Jody
January 21st, 2008
at 1:37pm
How do you get your computer to prompt you to save your password again after you put the wrong password in the first time, I want to correct it but everytime I put the correct password in it just lets me into the site without asking me to save the new password.
Chad
March 14th, 2008
at 10:18am
I copied and pasted the above and it didn’t work. Here’s what I found to work:
rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr