Hey hitmun

i can seem to find a file called *.pwl or .pwl on my windows xp pro or my win2k pro
Neither can I, does that mean that Billy Window$ has ripped us off?

On the other hand it could be that you are getting confused with your Windows versions?

.pwl is the password list file in Windows 95/98/98SE/ME

You will not find it in NT based operating systems, they have a quite different security architecture.