06/21/2007 Utilities

Windows systems allow a convenient storage of frequently used passwords, such as the passwords in Outlook Express email or for a FTP connection. However, since you no longer enter the saved password manually, you tend to forget them. What are you to do when you need to know one of the saved passwords? The password is staring right at you, but is hiding behind a row of "*****" asterisks.

For 9x and NT users the solution was to use a password recovery utility that displayed the passwords inside the box. But as many users upgrade to Windows XP they realize that Microsoft changed the security of the password boxes and all old password recovery tools fail on Windows XP. But with the new iOpus Password Recovery users can reveal their forgotten passwords on XP and Windows 2000 as easily as on Windows 98 or Windows ME.



This nifty utility allows you to reclaim your password: Activate the utility, drag the mouse cursor onto the password field and your password is revealed instantly.

1. We forgot the password, but is still stored in the software.





2. To recover the password, drag the "Key" cursor to the password field.



3. A yellow fram indicates a field that contains no password.



4. Red Frame: password field reached.



5. Password revealed.




ActMon Password Recovery XP

ActMon Password Recovery XP (formerly iOpus Password Recovery XP) is the first tool of its kind that works automatically on Web pages, Windows 9x/NT and Windows 2000/XP systems.