What is the easiest way to encrypt a password when I save it to the registry?

Question

Currently I\'m writing it in clear text oops!, it\'s an in house program so it\'s not that bad but I\'d like to do it right. How should I go about encrypting this w

Answer 1

Like ligget78 said, DPAPI would be a good way to go for storing passwords. Check out the ProtectedData class on MSDN for example usage.