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Sorry, not sure what you mean. Even though Microsoft claims Windows store user passwords as non-reversible hashes, sometimes it is easy to extract plaintext passwords. Take a look where theĀ plaintext passwords can reside. You cannot decrypt it without any tools though. They are not raw plaintexts but are encrypted using reversible encryption. Every method implies various decryption algorithms and storage parsing technique.