Encryption Question

I'm working on an encryption solution at work. We currently need to symmetrically encrypt a user's password and store it in a database field. I need to somehow securely store the symmetric encryption key so that no one can access it except this application. I can't store it in the code because tools like Reflector and can find it. Has anybody found a great way of doing this?

Task Switcher for XP

I am an 'Alt+Tab' addict. I have had a keyboard with a broken tab key and I was crippled on that keyboard. I'll use 'Alt+Tab' to quickly switch between to applications that I've been using recently. I also use it to get to an already open application. My problem is that I tend to have quite a few applications open at a time and it can take some time to 'Alt+Tab' to the correct application.

So last week I found a nifty little tool that replaces the default XP 'Alt+Tab' functionality. This tool gives you a preview of the applications that are currently running and also lets me use the mouse to select the application that I want to activate (not possible with the default 'Alt+Tab'). The tool has a lot of other tweaks that you can do. I've been using it for a week now and really like it. Give it a try. The tool is called TaskSwitchXP.

http://www.ntwind.com/software/taskswitchxp.html

I have no complaints so far with TaskSwitchXP.