{"id":910,"date":"2012-08-06T04:02:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T04:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=910"},"modified":"2012-08-06T04:03:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T04:03:58","slug":"how-to-recover-wireless-password-on-windows-8-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-wireless-password-on-windows-8-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Wireless Password on Windows 8, 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I have a home wireless network and forgot my wireless password. My computer will still connect to the network, but I want to set up additional computers. Using the computer that is already set up and connected, can I somehow figure out what the wireless password is? Some detailed instruction would be helpful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Forgot the password to your house wireless network? I have covered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/recover-your-lost-wireless-network-key-with-wirelesskeyview\/\">how to recover lost Wireless network key with WirelessKeyView<\/a> in my previous post. Now I am going to show you how to recover Wireless password without using any software. In Windows 7\/8, it becomes much more easier to recover a lost Wireless password. Let&#8217;s go through the steps below and see how can you recover Wireless password easily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Recover Wireless Password on Windows 8, 7:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To recover your wireless password we need to get to the settings for your network adapter, so press the Win + R keyboard combination and type ncpa.cpl in the run box, then hit the enter key.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-911\" title=\"windows-run\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windows-run.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windows-run.png 410w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windows-run-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will now see all the network adapters in your machine, right-click on the wireless one and select <strong>Status<\/strong> from the context menu.<\/li>\n<li>When the Wi-Fi Status dialog loads up, click on the <strong>Wireless Properties<\/strong>button.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-912\" title=\"wireless-properties\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wireless-properties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wireless-properties.png 371w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wireless-properties-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Then you will need to switch over to the Security tab. Finally, check the <strong>Show characters<\/strong>checkbox to reveal your password.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-913\" title=\"wireless-network-password\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wireless-network-password.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wireless-network-password.png 382w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wireless-network-password-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s all there is to it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Note:<\/strong> This trick will only work if you are the local administrator on your machine, otherwise you will be prompted by UAC for administrative credentials.\u00a0 If you forgot the administrator password, you can use the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\">Reset Windows Password<\/a> utility to help you reset lost or forgotten Windows password with ease.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a home wireless network and forgot my wireless password. My computer will still connect to the network, but I want to set up additional computers. Using the computer that is already set up and connected, can I somehow figure out what the wireless password is? Some detailed instruction would be helpful. 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