How to View That Forgotten Wireless Network Password in
Windows
Did you have someone else set up the wireless network in your house, and can’t
for the life of you remember the password? If so read on to see how you may
still be able to recover it.
Note: Unfortunately this trick will only work if you are a local administrator
on your machine, if you are not you will be prompted by UAC for administrative
credentials.
Viewing Your Wireless Password From an Already Connected Machine
To view your wireless network 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.
You will now see all the network adapters in your machine, right-click on the
wireless one and select Status from the context menu.
When the Wi-Fi Status dialog loads up, click on the Wireless Properties button.
Then you will need to switch over to the Security tab.
Finally, check the Show characters checkbox to reveal your password.
That’s all there is to it.