-- Posted by Anonymous at 6:00 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Long story short, I wrote down a password on a piece of paper, and then used the password on my computer. However, being the retard I am, Ive lsot the piece of paper, and left only with a password that is displayed as astericks's as my computer saved it. Is there any way to delve into the computer and get this password back? Many thanks. -- Posted by Striptease at 6:01 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Might be in yr cookies. -- Posted by Eclipse2005 at 6:02 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Are you using firefox? -- Posted by Anonymous at 6:03 am on Aug. 26, 2008 nope, ie -- Posted by Eclipse2005 at 6:04 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Oh well if you were using firefox it was: Tools>Options>Security tab>Saved Passwords>Show Passwords Then hit yes and you see them. But I don't think IE has that feature...remember, Microsoft sucks, get Firefox! -- Posted by mikeyp123 at 6:07 am on Aug. 26, 2008 You broke the several fundamental laws of passwords. Something memorable. Don't write it down. Ever. What was it for? Dependant on what it was for, different options to recover it. -- Posted by Anonymous at 6:09 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Quote: from mikeyp123 at 2:07 pm on Aug. 26, 2008 You broke the several fundamental laws of passwords. Something memorable. Don't write it down. Ever. What was it for? Dependant on what it was for, different options to recover it. It was a random jumble of letters and numbers, no way to remember it. It was an internet one, luckily it has been saved on the computer, but if I need to restart it or anything im screwed. -- Posted by pleaseremove at 6:27 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Quote: from mikeyp123 at 2:07 pm on Aug. 26, 2008 You broke the several fundamental laws of passwords. Something memorable. Don't write it down. Ever. What was it for? Dependant on what it was for, different options to recover it. Actually, that's not the current wisdom. The advice is actually to keep all your passwords written down in something password protected (you can get enough software for storing passwords in) and then make each password very hard to remember and nothing to do with you. Then use a single very strong password that you can remember and never write down to protect them all. -- Posted by mikeyp123 at 6:27 am on Aug. 26, 2008 Quote: from Anonymous at 2:09 pm on Aug. 26, 2008 Quote: from mikeyp123 at 2:07 pm on Aug. 26, 2008 You broke the several fundamental laws of passwords.    Something memorable.    Don't write it down. Ever.    What was it for? Dependant on what it was for, different options to recover it. It was a random jumble of letters and numbers, no way to remember it. It was an internet one, luckily it has been saved on the computer, but if I need to restart it or anything im screwed. Yeah, but for what site? Most sites nowaday have a way to reset your password to your email etc. -- Posted by acalypha at 6:29 am on Aug. 26, 2008 phone up the computer company