location of "autocomplete passwords" in IE?

hey all,

anyone knows the location of the autocomplete passwords that are saved in internet explorer???

i know there are many tools to read this info, but i want to know how those tools work...
there must be some file in which these passwords are saved, but which one???

(OS's: XP and 2k, IE 5.0 & 6.0)

any idea's?

This information is encrypted and stored in your systems registry, in the registry key called:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\InternetExplorer\IntelliForms\SPW

Are you just trying find out where they are stored or trying to review the passwords?

if i want the passwords i'll use a program like "iekey" from passware:
http://www.lostpassword.com

or password reminder:
http://www.fileheaven.com/password-r...nload/8038.htm

but no, i just want to know where they are located and how those programs get the passwords, i want to write a program myself with the same capabilities.
but not for illegal things, just to learn from it....

any idea btw what kind of encryption is used??

128 bit DES, just like the SAM uses

(that is, if the SAM is using the default encryption algorithm without SYSKEY's RC4 encryption)

ok, but DES isn't cracked that easy, so how do those programs work?
they can read the passwords in a second, so where do they get them?
there must be another way...