Windows 7 Portable Command Guide: MCTS 70-680, and MCITP 70-685 and 70-686

Chapter 10. Managing Security in Windows 7

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• Manipulating credentials with cmdkey

• Installing updates with wusa

• Installing applications with msiexec

• Auditing systems with mbsacli

Manipulating Credentials with cmdkey

Windows 7 stores credentials such as usernames and passwords in the Credential Manager vault. For example, if you regularly log onto a website on the Internet, you can save the credentials in Credential Manager. Then, when you access the website, you’ll automatically be logged on. Your credentials are stored in special folders called vaults and can be managed using either Credential Manager (as shown in Figure 10-1) or the cmdkey command.

Figure 10-1 ...