Is there some sort of secure local storage on Windows?

Question

I was thinking of making a small tool. It is not important what the tool will do. The important thing, is that the tool will need to store some sensitive information on the

Answer 1

Erm hash the password? You don't need to store the real deal anywhere on the machine just a hashed password (possibly salted too). Then when the user enters their password you perform the same operation on that and compare it to the hashed one you've stored on disk.