Re: Forgotten password...
From: Howard Woodard (woodard_at_msn.com)
Date: 09/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:29:58 -0700
Thanks Carey.
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"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Outlook Express Password Revealer is a program that helps the user to
> display
> server names, user logins and passwords for all the e-mail and newsgroups
> accounts
> stored by Outlook Express as well as identity passwords.
> http://www.rixler.com/outlook_express_password_revealer.htm
>
> Note: You'll need to fork over $19.95 for a license.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Howard Woodard" wrote:
>
> | I am trying to figure out a way to access the passwords stored on my
> | computer.
> |
> | I've had a Mindspring (now Earthlink) account for just over 6 years.
> I've
> | accessed it with OE all that time and the password was "remembered". My
> | young daughter was fooling around with the computer recently and typed
> into
> | the logon password field and changed it.
> |
> | Not having a clue what I might have set it as over 6 years ago, I called
> | mindspring to get the password reset. They asked for my password in
> order
> | to confirm who I was which obviously I didn't have. Then they asked for
> a 4
> | digit PIN that they gave me when I signed up for the account. Not a
> clue.
> | They said that the hint was birthday so I tried all combinations of my,
> my
> | wife's, and each of my two daughter' birthdays. Nothing.
> |
> | Then I asked if I could close the account and they said sure, just give
> them
> | either the password or PIN so they could confirm that I owned the
> account.
> | Then I called the billing folks. They closed the account without asking
> for
> | anything other than the billing account number.
> |
> | Then I called to open a new account. I asked if I could use my old
> | mindspring address. They said sure, just give them the password or PIN
> and
> | they would reactivate that account. I explained the situation and said
> that
> | I didn't want to reactivate the old account. I wanted a new account and
> I
> | wanted to use my old e-mail address. They said that user ids cannot be
> | reassigned, even after the account has been closed.
> |
> | I understand and appreciate their commitment to securing my account and
> | related information. However, this is the mobius loop from hell.
> |
> | Does anyone know if there any way that I can access the passwords that I
> | have stored on my computer?
> |
> | Howard
>
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