where to store users' information(personal details, username and password) in visual basic?

I'm a newbie in visual basic. I'm doing a lo开发者_如何学运维gin system. I'm done with the GUI. but for the programming part, I want to know where to store new user's information along with the username and password. I've done research. seems like it has something to do with database.

p/s: I'm looking for high security in storing data to prevent hacking.

Like you've found out yourself, the login information is usually stored in a database. To make it more secure, use encryption algorithm for storing this kind of information. You could use MD5, but it's quite easily reversed. I would recommend using BCrypt.