Recovers wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer
Laptop users who often need to connect to
wireless networks surely know how hard it may be to remember the
password for each of them, especially when having to deal with more
complex passphrases.
If that's the case, you most likely need
WirelessKeyView, a simple yet very efficient solution that can help you
recover a wireless network password that was used on your system a while
ago.
As we found out while testing it, the application is very easy to use and it doesn’t even require installation. All you have to do is to download the archive, decompress the files and double click the executable. The interface is very simple, almost minimal and this is perhaps the best thing about this utility.
You should note that WirelessKeyView is able to
recover only the network WPA / WPA keys that were stored by Windows and
not by a third-party software. Also, the program can be just as easily
run via command-line and it has several parameters for that purpose,
options that will enable you to save the list of wireless keys in
various formats.
The 'Advanced Options' will enable you to load the
wireless keys of the user that is currently logged but you can also
select a different location and get the keys from an external instance
of a Windows installation.
WirelessKeyView is really a great helper if you need
to retrieve a network password you once used to connect your notebook
to a WiFi network. It is very lightweight and easy to use so it's worth a
try to see if you'll keep it in your utility belt.