So does that mean that Windows (whatever version) stores passwords out on the C: drive in an UNencrypted manner? Does that also mean that various hard drive backup utilities write out this password data to tape also as UNencrypted data???? Correct me if I'm wrong but that is one security weakness of MPE/iX. But then I'm sure that HP will have that fixed by the 8.0 release.... way ahead of Bill Gates and his proprietary OSs. Wayne Boyer Cal-Logic * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *