How to Find Your WiFi Password when You Forgot It

You want to log onto a WiFi network with your mobile device. Your computer logs on automatically, but you've forgotten the password to get access with your smartphone or tablet. Fortunately, you have several options for finding your WiFi password.

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Method 1: Find Your WiFi Password on Your PC Using Command Prompt

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   Go to Start. In the search box, type in "cmd". If your Start menu has the Run command, click Run and type "cmd" in the field.
   
   
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   Look for a black box that will pop up on your screen. At the top, you will see either C:/Documents and Settings/ or C:\Users\(Name)>
   
   
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   Type"ipconfig" using the cursor.
   
   
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   Hit Enter. On your screen, you will see a series of names and numbers. Look for the line that says Default Gateway. Write down the number that you see next to Default Gateway, including the periods between the numbers (e.g., 912.982.1.5. When you're done, exit the box.
   
   
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   Navigate to Google or another search engine. In the address bar, type in the number that you just wrote down.
   
   
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   Hit Enter. You will see another screen that has fields to enter your username and password. The username is "admin", and the password is either "admin" or "1234". Enter that information into the appropriate fields.
   
   
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   Click the "Log In" button.
   
   
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   Go to the Wireless tab on the website that pops up. If you scroll down, you should find something called password. Write down your password and put it in a safe place in case you forget it again.
   
   

Method 2: Find Your WiFi Password on Your PC in Windows

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   Find the wireless icon in the System Tray next to the clock. Click on the icon, which is usually next to the clock, and then right-click your connection.
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   Retrieve your password. The instructions will vary depending on what version of Windows you are running.
   • Windows 7: Select Properties and then check the Show Characters box. Doing this will display the passcode.
   • Windows Vista: Select either Connect or Disconnect. Then, select Properties, check the box next to Show Characters and retrieve your password.
   • Windows XP: You will need to download WirelessKeyView, which is explained in the next section.^[1]

Method 3: Find Your WiFi Password On Your PC Using WirelessKeyView

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   Download WirelessKeyView.
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   Extract the zip file to your desktop. Then, run the program.
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   Write down the security information for your network. Write down either the hex number or the ASCII number depending on how your network is encoded.^[2]

Method 4: Find Your WiFi Password on a Mac

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   Click on System Preferences. Then, choose Utilities.
   
   
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   Choose Keychain Access.
   
   
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   Select the name of the WiFi network that you need to access.
   
   
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   Click the "i" icon on the bottom toolbar.
   
   
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   Check the "Show Password" box. You will be prompted to enter the password for your Mac. Then, your WiFi network password will appear.^[3]
   
   

Enable .NET Framework 3.5.1 on Windows 8 Developer Preview to Run Applications

Windows 8 Developer Preview comes included with .NET  Framework 4, so you don’t need to install any .NET Framework version on Win8, but to run installed Windows applications and portable ones Windows needs to enable and run .NET framework 3.5.1 which shown by “Turning Windows Features on or off window “with options to accept and cancel the changes.

You will encounter this window every time when you try to run any app, annoying. If you Accept the changes, you’ll be connected to Windows update and required files will be downloaded.  But this process continues and never successfully completes as we observed. If you prefer to cancel option, no changes will be mode and the app simply won’t run.

Here is a permanent fix to this.

1. Open Control Panel>Programs>Programs and Features >click Turn Windows features on or Off

2. Select .NET Framework 3.5.1 feature and click Ok, Windows downloads required files connecting to Windows Update

3.  After downloading is compete,  you’ll be shown “Windows Successfully completed the request changes” message.

That’s it from now on you can run any windows related installed apps even the portable ones without any problem.

Update: Here is how to enable .Net 3.5.1 on offline systems.

All you need is windows 8 DP installation media,

First of all create “net35″  folder in C drive.

Now open command prompt using Win +R,  type and execute the following command line

xcopy H:\sources\sxs\*.* c:\net35 /s

where H is DVD drive, it takes sometime for all files to copied you need to be patient.

After all files are copied open command prompt with admin privileges and type and execute following command line

Dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:c:\net35 /LimitAccess