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Forgotten Password
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Original Message
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Name: Rach
Date: May 7, 2002 at 08:20:56 Pacific
Subject: Forgotten Password |
Comment:
Recently I have set up a new identity on Microsoft Outlookexpress 5 so I could have my own e-mail address. Unfortunately, I have forgotten my password and now I cannot access my new messages. Is there a way to overide my old password to access my file?
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Response Number 1
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Name: Rajan
Date: May 7, 2002 at 08:29:17 Pacific
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Reply: The password for OE will be same as the password for @hotmail.com or @msn.com. It wont download the emails unless the correct password is give. I am not sure if you are talking about OE user password. In that case I cant be of much help.
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Response Number 2
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Name: John
Date: May 7, 2002 at 10:58:22 Pacific
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Reply: On your hd there is a file with the extention .pwl
This file contains the passwords, if you remove it, you will be asked to enter your password again if you access that particular program.
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Response Number 3
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Name: bd
Date: May 9, 2002 at 10:46:34 Pacific
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Reply: John- where is this file kept on your computer. is it only there for stuff like hotmail. also do you know were in windows they keep files like that, i have a user account that does not know his password and i dont want to assign him a new accout? thanks
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Response Number 5
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Name: Les Richardson
Date: June 24, 2002 at 16:00:59 Pacific
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Reply: A good friend of mine has returned from a three week holiday to find he cannot remember his password for Windows XP Pro.
Help please!
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Response Number 6
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Name: Colin Howell
Date: July 28, 2002 at 05:30:57 Pacific
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Reply: I have recently loaded on W2K Pro, but didnt give a thought on my stored passwords in the W98 PWL file. Does anyone know of a W2K piece of software (preferably Free/Shareware) that can read and unencrypt the PWL file. Many thanks for any help?
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