| Author | Seeing Your Password |
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Hiya all,
Someone wrote to me and told me he has forgotten his LWM password.
He can still log in coz at the log-in page, his PC 'remembers' his password and auto-fill the password box. But he can't see the password as it's just a series of 'dots'.
So is there anywhere in the PC to 'see' what the 'dots' password is, so he can change the password?
Thanks. :) |
| Well, i understand his PC 'remembers' his password and auto-fill the password box as that his password is saved in his brower's memory. What browser does he use? |
| pfft, just change the password with the his email will do. dont you think so? |
Your browser i.e. firefox keeps these passwords and allows you to see them:
Alt -> Tools -> Options -> Security -> Saved passwords |
| That e-mail don t exist anymore as it was from old provider... |
for DarwenAward:
Thanks a lot. :) |
| a simple google search would have given you the same result |
On this topic, there was an application a few years ago that I had, that would unmask all masked text on any screen within windows (browser included).
Also, you can use a basic javascript to do the same thing.
The below for example (which I just wrote real quick), will unmask passwords in their boxes already. (Inside your browser only)
[code]javascript: passCount = 0;
passwords =[];
allInputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
for (i = 0;i < allInputs.length;i++)
{if (allInputs[i].type == "password")
{allInputs[i].type = "text";
passwords[passCount] = allInputs[i].value;
passCount++;
}
}
alert(passwords.join("\n"));
void (0);[/code] |
| setting icon > option > personal stuff >manage passwords (for chrome) |
| He got it changed. Thanks all for the prompt replies. :) |
| closed by Lord Jedi-Knight (2011-09-24 18:49:00) |
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