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Windows 7 – Are saved Remote Desktop credentials secure on the local machine?

Are saved Remote Desktop credentials secure (loosely speaking) on the local machine? They aren’t stored as clear text anywhere at least, are they? Edit: I understand the inherent risks of saving passwords. Certainly though there is a spectrum of effectiveness, for instance saving a password through something like CryptProtectData (what Google Chrome uses on Win32)

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Windows 7 – Attempting to Install MSU hotfixes results in “Searching for updates on this computer…” to last forever

I am attempting to install two hotfixes manually from Microsoft – one addresses the svchost.exe extreme memory usage problem, and the other addresses the slow Windows Update problem. This system is a freshly installed Windows 7, and I have the two MSU updates saved locally to my desktop, but it is never actually finding such

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Windows 7 – bitlocker issue. Recovery Key is required on each startup after installing secondary OS

I’m using a laptop with TPM module with BitLocker-encrypted internal HDD, running Windows 7.Recently I’ve installed a Windows 8 on the external, eSATA drive.Windows 8 detected the Windows 7 and correctly replaced the bootloader with dual-boot option. Unfortunately, I’m now forced to enter BitLocker Recovery Key each time I start the computer.The only workaround I’ve

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Windows 7 – Can a ‘system image’ be restored to a drive with a different storage capacity?

I have a family member who complains that her laptop is slow. I checked the laptop over and indeed, it was slow, so I looked into what was using the most hardware, and found that the hard drive was at 100% pretty much the whole time. I disabled as many services and programs at startup

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