title: How does windows manages users & passwords?
body: <p>I'm doing a research of the encryption methods of Linux and Windows.</p>
  
  <p>I do know Linux manages his password by the <strong>shadow</strong> file (/etc/shadow), encrypting each one (mostly) by <em>MD5</em> or <em>SHA</em> and saving them on that file, but which file does windows uses to manage users &amp; passwords?</p>
  
  <p>Can someone give me a little explanation or any website I can read about it?</p>