XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   Pfsszxt wrote:   
      
   > I've given up on trying to recover a router password. I know it's   
   > stored in the registry but encripted.   
   >   You'd think the someone at MS might have at some time thought   
   > that users might wnat to recover it and given a method to do so.   
   > The do provide (via ControlPanel/Run/config a way to recover the   
   > IP address but not the password!   
   >   But --- I give up.   
   >   It's been five years or so since I installed the router and I've   
   > forgotten the process. I know how to reset the router and, as I   
   > recall, I need to take my laptop to the router and connect via   
   > ethernet cable to it --- then what? I've completely forgotten the   
   > process.   
      
   To reset it, there's usually a physical switch on the router that requires   
   you to hold it down for several seconds -- could be as short as 3, could be   
   as long as 10 or more. This is what I mentioned a couple weeks ago. After   
   it's reset, *then* you need to log in using the default password (which is   
   set by the manufacturer; often it's "password" or just blank).   
      
   --   
   I spend too much time thinking about old friends as it is.   
      
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