PLEASE HELP - view wireless key in Vista

rossyl · 30 Jun 2009 at 21:40

Hi,

I no longer live at my parents but set up their wireless internet.

I cannot rememeber the key.

I have the wireless network saved WITH the network key. BUT I CANNOT VIEW THE KEY!! :mad:

It's so annoying.

The "show charachters" box is greye out.

Any ideas?

bledd · 30 Jun 2009 at 22:10

gimme a min, i know a program

32bit http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wirelesskeyview.zip
64bit http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wirelesskeyview-x64.zip

rossyl · 30 Jun 2009 at 22:19

you are AWESOME...thank you so much.

I really appreciate it, thank you.

bledd · 30 Jun 2009 at 23:21

rossyl said:
you are AWESOME

theheyes · 30 Jun 2009 at 23:52

From the FAQ:

Q: I run WirelessKeyView, and it gives me a very long WPA-PSK key under the 'Key (Hex)' column, which is not the original key that I used. Can I retrieve the original Ascii key ?

A: In Windows XP, after you type a WPA-PSK key, it automatically converted into a 128-bit key that is displayed by WirelessKeyView in 'Key (Hex)' column. This new key cannot be converted back to the original key that you typed, but you can use this key to connect to the wireless network exactly like the original key.

In Windows Vista, the WPA-PSK key is not converted into another key, so you can retrieve the original key that you typed.

So the key is not hashed in Vista? :confused:

I do not like this. Someone tell me I'm overlooking something.