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Where is the password that I configure a service to start with stored?

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Where is the password that I configure a service to start with stored?

HKLM\SECURITY\Policy\Secrets\_SC_servicename\CurrVal contains the encrypted password of the service. The password is not machine or account dependent. i.e. a user foo with password bar in domain X in NT3.51 has the same encrypted value as user baz in domain Y with NT4.0 (with password bar).

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