Credentials Manager To access the Credentials Manager via the Control Panel, navigate to User Accounts, select the user account to manage the credentials for, on the left navigation menu, select "Manage my Network Passwords". To access the Credendials Manager via the command line, start/run: rundll32.exe keymgr.dll,KRShowKeyMgr This will open the Credentials Manager which has the title of: "Stored User Names and Passwords" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stored User Names and Passwords connection objects (keys) can be created manually to various entities: • specific resource: server.domain.forest.com • less specific set of resources: *.domain.forest.com (all resources in domain.forest.com) • very general set of resources: *.forest.com (all resources in forest.com) To authenticate to any computer on a specific domain, open the credentials manager and choose the Add button. For the "Server" field, add: *.domain.lan Then add your username in one of the following ways: username@domain.lan domain\username Type in the password and choose OK. When you manually create an entry using the Credentials Manager you can use a specific resource (server.domain.forest.com ), a less specific resource (*.domain.forest.com) for all resources in domain.forest.com, or a general set of resources (*.forest.com) for all resources in forest.com. If you have multiple credentials that can apply to the target resource, Windows XP SP1 and later uses the most specific credential that is applicable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Credentials Manager further Reading: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281660/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281249/