>...decrypted the encrypted versions of his passwords by looking at them. I see. I think this means the hashed passwords. Microsoft have had several vulnerabil

>...decrypted the encrypted versions of his passwords by looking at them. I see. I think this means the hashed passwords. Microsoft have had several vulnerabilities in this area. Just entering a password to browse a server caused Windows (prior to Vista) to store the LM hash. An LM hash can be reversed in a matter of seconds.