Why might a technician be unable to view a saved password for a website using Credential Manager on Windows 10?

The chosen answer highlights an important aspect of how Credential Manager interacts with different browsers and the storage of web credentials. Specifically, Chrome has its own mechanism for managing passwords, and if a user saves passwords in Chrome, those entries may not appear in Credential Manager. This is because Credential Manager primarily handles credentials saved by Internet Explorer or the Windows operating system itself rather than third-party browsers like Chrome.

When passwords are saved directly in Chrome, they are stored within Chrome's own password manager and not synchronized or shared with the Windows Credential Manager. Consequently, if a technician is looking for a password in Credential Manager and that password was saved in Chrome, it will not be visible there, making this explanation clear and relevant.

As for other potential reasons for not viewing a saved password, the website being unavailable would not directly affect the ability to view saved credentials, as Credential Manager stores these independently of website accessibility. Similarly, if a password was never saved in the first place, then it would indeed not be available to view, but this situation is distinctly separate from credentials managed through third-party applications. Lastly, misconfigured browser settings could cause issues with accessing saved passwords; however, if the password was saved in Chrome, this would not affect the Credential Manager's ability or inability