Comments on: What the heck is Windows Vault in Windows 7?

By: anon

anon — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:20:57 +0000

I love the “(26 printed pages)” remark … @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480470.aspx
btw… i think drugs were involved.

By: staying.cool » windows 7 – quirks, quips and quarks

staying.cool » windows 7 – quirks, quips and quarks — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:59:50 +0000

[...] permanent credential. Its not a full-fledged credential manager like Keychain (OS X), which can get confusing. Still pretty cool that there finally is a secure solution to my [...]

By: Daniel Steiner

Daniel Steiner — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:59:08 +0000

This is actually for lets say, corperate users, like me – we have got a certificate based Network authentication and i dont want to join the domain – i exported the certificate, when I was on the domain, imported it after i left it and set it as authentication for the two servers… also if you use IP proxy servers you can use it ;)

By: Calvin

Calvin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:10:29 +0000

@Dylan: Having iCandy and cowbell apps does.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:16:07 +0000

It makes a lot of sense to have this feature if it’s done well. MacOSX is a lot better for it (Keychain) certainly.

As an aside: Macs “consumerish”, PC’s “enterprisey”? There’s nothing consumerish about having UNIX (the certified variety) as your desktop OS core.

By: Jurgen

Jurgen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:41:48 +0000

That’s really weird and I’m waiting for you to dig a bit deeper into that :)

By: Windows 7: Exploring Credential Manager and Windows Vault | Using Windows 7

Windows 7: Exploring Credential Manager and Windows Vault | Using Windows 7 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:56:40 +0000

[...] this topic.Powered by WP Greet BoxLast week, our friends Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera explored one of the untold mysteries (according to them) of Windows 7 – Windows [...]

By: Windows 7: Exploring Credential Manager and Windows Vault | Digital Vast

Windows 7: Exploring Credential Manager and Windows Vault | Digital Vast — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:28:03 +0000

[...] Manager and Windows Vault Last week, our friends Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera explored one of the untold mysteries (according to them) of Windows 7 – Windows [...]

By: What Was Removed From Build 6801? | Window7s

What Was Removed From Build 6801? | Window7s — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:11:05 +0000

[...] I have no idea why these two items, and others I can’t remember were there to begin with, or why they where removed – however they were not the only confusingly hidden ‘feature’. [...]

By: What was removed from Build 6801? | Windows 7 Center

What was removed from Build 6801? | Windows 7 Center — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:22:28 +0000

[...] I have no idea why these two items, and others I can’t remember were there to begin with, or why they where removed – however they were not the only confusingly hidden ‘feature’. [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:50:07 +0000

I actually use the Credential Manager on a daily basis. It is really nice if you administer multiple domains and have the same username and different passwords on different networks. The Credential Manager will override the shadow password feature to prevent your account from getting locked out, etc.

By: What's inside Windows 7's Vault? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

What's inside Windows 7's Vault? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:52:50 +0000

[...] Windows experts Paul Thurrott and Rafael Rivera have been peeling back the covers on Windows 7. Underneath the surface, they’ve discovered a few features that Microsoft hasn’t detailed and disclosed, including something called the Windows Vault. [...]

By: thedicemaster

thedicemaster — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:10:58 +0000

you know, i actually had to use that feature.
i had to manually add my exchange server password there for outlook, because the wrong address is stored there by default (local server address instead of the remote address)

By: anonymuos

anonymuos — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:52:41 +0000

What are the other two?

By: someone

someone — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:37:16 +0000

Yeah it’s only a glorified “Stored user names and passwords”. The resource is either a computer name or URL. Of course the bad part is the URL/site has to make use of the CredMan API (sites which use this cool UI=> http://i.msdn.microsoft.com/Aa480470.credmgmt_02(en-us,MSDN.10).gif) only then is the stored password used/filled there. Instead, if MS did a simple integration of this vault thingie with IE’s password manager, what we’d get is Keychain on OS X. But then again, Windows has always been enterprisey and Macs consumerish. Maybe someone at MS can write a plugin/connector that tied IE’s password manager to this. IE doesn’t even use PStore anymore so it’s difficult? Or some fingerprint device’s password manager ties to this one to store the passwords here and auto-fill them in IE? That would be awesome.

By: Leo Davidson

Leo Davidson — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:23:04 +0000

Thanks for making me crave ice cream at 8 in the morning! :-D

By: Kenny Kerr

Kenny Kerr — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:48:10 +0000

For what it’s worth, this is the new UI for the Credential Management API first introduced with Windows XP. You can read more about it in my article here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480470.aspx

By: Bryant

Bryant — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:41:46 +0000

Is it documented by Microsoft? If not, they’ll probably face heat about it anyway if 7 goes RTM with this thing in tact.

(read: you’ll probably learn more about this when you’re given a reviewer’s license of 7 right before release)