Windows is kind enough to remember the WEP/WPA keys and that’s why whenever you go to a place where you’ve accessed the secured wireless connection, you are automatically connected from the world of internet.
However, there can be cases where you may have forgotten the security key (i.e. WEP or WPA key) and your friend asks you about the wireless key then the next thought which comes to your mind is that why ReviewSaurus hasn’t told me about how to recover the lost Wireless security key! :P
Well, sorry for the delay but I’m sure that WireLess Key View will be able to help you in such a situation in future. This nice little utility displays the keys which are stored by the Wireless zero configuration service of windows.
The good thing about this utility is that it’s a no fuss utility! Just extract and run!
Note : it will only display the keys which are stored by Wireless zero configuration service and not from any other software/application which helps you in connecting to the wireless connection.
Nice tip. Tell me something for Mac OS X too (or does Mac have something like this built-in?)
This works like a charm. Extract -> Run it -> Done. Can’t get simpler than that.
but its in hex? i need it in ascii
Indeed, try converting the hex by hand untill you find the correct key.