Software's Password

[gammal]

How can I find out any software password stored in my PC and that is not in the registry? I guess its encrypted maybe with MD5 or something.. So does anybody knows where do those files get stored so a password gets deleted from there to be reset?

[BertImmenschuh]

Most programs that require a password for running do encrypt it and hide it in a file of their own making on the HDD, may not show anywhere in the Registry in a manner that is readable.

[gammal]

so there is no way that I can manage to know where the password of a specific program get stored?

[BertImmenschuh]

No. Consider this, if you could get to it in a file so could anyone else with access to that computer whether at the computer or by hacking into it from the Internet, would make the idea of a password useless. Would also make it easier for someone to steal a program rather than paying for it as in the time-limited Shareware programs that are coded to keep people from using them past the expiration of the trial.