can I see previously stored passwords on my windows laptop?
Windows encrypts user and admin passwords on your hard drive to provide better security. It even prevents any external tampering while Windows is running so that the only way to change those passwords would be through Windows itself, which is a problem if you can't remember your password.ost passwords are encrypted and when replaced are not stored for retrieval. This is for your security and to reduce the chance of someone finding out your password. So, you would be unable to locate previous passwords used on your computer due to encryption.