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Ephracis 02-10-2005 05:12 PM

De-"asterix" the password in aMSN
 
I have forgotten my password for my passport that I use when I login with aMSN. Now, I really hate the way M$ support their stuff and services and the "reset-password"-part on the passport site bugged when I tried to use it. Then when I tried to mail them when I first registered my passport account to let them know that my account could not be confirmed by some reason their support-system was very confusing and it took me weeks to get them to confirm my account.

So I was hoping for another solution this time. I have a profile registered in my aMSN which carries my mail-address and my password. Though, the password in "encrypted" and shows only asterixes. I hoped that their is some way to convert that crypted password that aMSN remembers and uses when I use "login automaticly" to plain text so I can read it.

I haven't done much in TCL and it was some years ago I even looked at TCL-code, so I doubt that I can go that way. I am hoping that their may be some good old hacker that have done this before or at least can give me directions what to do or if there even is any way to get the password in plain text.

EDIT: Well, Tcl was not to hard to learn. So I just went in and removed the "-show '*'"-part of the password entry. Viva the power of OpenSource! :D


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