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Microsoft Security IDs are available in Windows Registry Editor. The path to locate IDs in Windows 7 is:

The correct answer is A. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. User Security Identifiers (SIDs) in Windows 7 are stored under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Each subkey under ProfileList is named with the full SID of a user account and contains values pointing to that user's profile path, among…

Submitted by packet_pusher· Apr 18, 2026Disk Forensics

Question

Microsoft Security IDs are available in Windows Registry Editor. The path to locate IDs in Windows 7 is:

Options

  • AHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
  • BHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
  • CHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\RegList
  • DHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Regedit

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    94% (29)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)

Explanation

User Security Identifiers (SIDs) in Windows 7 are stored under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Each subkey under ProfileList is named with the full SID of a user account and contains values pointing to that user's profile path, among other details. The 'Windows NT' segment is critical - omitting it (as in option B) leads to a different, incorrect path. Options C and D reference non-existent keys (RegList, Regedit) under this path.

Topics

#Windows Registry#Security ID (SID)#User Profiles#Registry Paths

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