WIN8 Credential Manager Upgrade account password Easy backup restore

Microsoft's next-generation operating system Windows 8 not only has a cool interface, multi-touch, etc., its excellent cross-platform features are full support desktop, one machine and other desktop equipment, as well as ultra-polar, tablet computers and other mobile devices. The account synchronization function of Windows 8 system by default can be the system settings, ie browsing records and other information recorded to the Microsoft account, in a different device with a Microsoft account login will automatically synchronize the relevant information. So how do you automatically sync information such as user names and passwords for Web site logins in browsers? We can upgrade the Credential Manager from Windows 8 Directly view all the Windows credentials and Win8.1 new web credentials currently saved in the WIN8 system, and can be flexible to view and back up, combined with the synchronization of Microsoft accounts and the restoration of credential files, you can quickly configure the most familiar WIN8 system environments, regardless of how you cross the device.

Open WIN8 Credential Manager in Control Panel

First we need to enter the Credential Manager in the WIN8 System Control Panel.

Press the "Win+i" key button in the Win8 Start screen or move your finger from the right side of the screen to the center and select the "set" gear icon and select "Control Panel".

Icon: Through the WIN8 Super button "settings" category into the control Panel

Alternatively, press the shortcut key "Win+x" on the Win8 start screen and the traditional desktop, and select "Control Panel" from the menu.

Icon: Open the Quick button menu through "win+x" to access Control Panel

Go to the "User account and home security" category to see "to Credential Manager."

Icon: Select "User account and home security" in the Win8 Control Panel

Icon: Select Credential Manager

Or we can search in the win Control Panel search box directly with the keyword. For example, the following figure we enter "by" word, you can see the search results.

Icon: Enter Credential Manager via keyword search in the Win8 control Panel

Entering the Credential Manager for the WIN8 system, you can see that the interface differs from previous versions of Windows, not only with the previous "Windows credentials" category, but also by adding the new "Web credentials" category. The Win8 of the traditional desktop will appear with the application icon for a key pattern.

Diagram: WIN8 Credential Manager contains Web credentials and Windows credentials

Diagram: Win8 The Credential Manager application icon for the taskbar

Web credentials for the WIN8 system

In the Web credentials category of the WIN8 system, we can view the credentials that are already stored in the current system that are related to network logon authentication. These credentials can be stored by different applications, such as Skype, IE browser, Windows apps, and so on.

The following figure shows the credentials saved in IE with a password, and we click on the small button on the right to see the details.

Icon: Click on the button to view the Web credentials camera data

The following illustration shows the details of the selected credential, we can see the URL, user name, whether to roam, the depositary (IE browser) and the asterisk instead of the displayed password, and so on.

If the current credential supports roaming, if the user is logged on with the same Microsoft account on another WIN8 device, the credential will be automatically synchronized, and accessing the address in IE will not have to enter the username and password again. We can easily see all the relevant applications in the complete record, easy to organize.

Diagram: View Web Credentials camera data

If we want to view the plaintext password, we need to re-enter the current Microsoft account password confirmation to ensure security.

Icon: View password need to enter the current Microsoft account password

Let's look at the view, management, backup, and restore of Windows credentials in the WIN8 system. Please click on the "Next page".

Windows credentials for the WIN8 system

Switch to the Windows Credential management interface, where we can view some information that is currently saved by the WIN8 device for logging on to a remote computer. If you have Office 2013 installed on your current system, and you see OFFICE15 related credentials in your regular credentials, this credential allows us to automatically log in and even edit documents in SkyDrive when we use the Office family of software.

If you have installed Windows Live related components (such as messenger, writer, etc.) before the WIN8 device, you will encounter a credential named Virtualapp/didlogical here that you can delete directly if you do not use these components.

Diagram: Switch to WIN8 system Credential Manager's Windows credential classification

WIN8 allows you to manually add Windows options in the Credential Manager for.

Diagram: Allow manual add of Windows credentials

Diagram: Manually adding Windows credentials

It should be emphasized that because Windows credentials are used for Windows and related local programs, all this part of the credentials is not synchronized through the Microsoft account. If you do need to synchronize, back up and restore by manual operation.

Operation is very simple, click the "Backup Credentials" text can be backed up credentials, the system will be prompted to select a folder location, preferably non-local hard disk, such as U disk, such as more security insurance. Select the location where you can save the CRD file and click Next to see the prompt: Press Ctrl+alt+delete to continue backing up on the secure desktop. "When you press the key combination, you are prompted for a password and a confirmation password. This allows you to save the local credentials as a. crd file.

Diagram: Backup Credentials

Diagram: Backing up credentials, selecting the. crd File Save location

Icon: Press the Ctrl+alt+delete key combination and enter the password

When we want to use these credentials in other Win8 devices, just go to the WIN8 Credential Manager, click the "Restore Credentials" button, select the. crd file that needs to be restored, press the Ctrl+alt+delete key combination, and then enter the password you set before you can restore it. This allows the new WIN8 device to use the previous local Windows credentials.

Diagram: Restore Credentials

Diagram: Select the. cdr file location to restore credentials