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jraju:
hi, if one forgets the active passwords of their wifi, there are tools to recover it in windows seven. but in xp, eventhough there are some tools , it could not correctly change to text . why, even when online tools are failing in this regard.
                           if you attempt, thro online, then ofcourse, it does the work , but the resultant output in entire machine language, which no one could decipher.
                           is there a way to read the hexadecimal manually. normally it stores as sixty four digit, could you throw some light on how to decode these hex codes. i did not find any useful link to accomplish this task.
                         is it correct that hex is a two digit code, that has to be decoded. pl enlighten , experts

Boggin:
In Win 7 no special tools are necessary to view the password.

Open Network and Sharing Center - click on the Wireless connection then on Wireless Properties and under the Security tab you will see the password, generally hidden but which can be unhidden.

While I don't have any experience of XP, the procedure should be similar.

It may also be displayed in the router in the Wireless Set up.

jraju:
Hi, boggin,

I am having a combo modem, having both adsl and wireless. The wired connection is my pc having win 7. If i remove the ethernet , there is no connection established
                the problem is there is no wireless connection shown in the PC having windows 7. The wireless is only showing in the laptop. My modem is having combo , having adsl and wireless both combined. When wired it shows only lan connection details.
                       In the laptop having wireless connection, i could see the passwords, but could not know, as the other confirm password is greyed . I could get the 64 hexadecimal code with the help of software. Nirsoft fails on active connection, it gives hex for the previous changed pw. Magic beam gives the active hex decimals also and i need to decode it.
               Boggins, if the hexadecimal code is 64 for all the pws, irrespective of the number of letters or alpha used in pw, then how to decode them. if suppose, one pw for test has five characters, it also has 64 hexadecimals and it says that i could use this in the password to get the connection in xp.  but i could not decipher what is in those hexadecimal . Moreover all are given in 64 digits.

Boggin:
I think they use 128bit encryption now, although it may still be 64 bit in XP - don't know.

As you can Ethernet connect, let's treat this as a no wireless connection problem.

First thing you need to do is to check if Wireless is turned on.

Toggling F8 on a desktop may do it and have a light for when it's off or on - a laptop may use a FN+F key combo but your computer user manual will tell you which keys you use.

Do you get a wireless connection when you boot up into Safe Mode with Networking as AV programs can block connectivity.

If still no wifi then right click on the wifi icon in the system tray and open the Troubleshooter to see what that reports.

Does the wifi icon have a yellow alert, red cross or is it just a blank screen with an antenna ?

Go into Device Manager/View/Show hidden devices and look for any yellow alerts, red crosses or black downward pointing arrows.

Non-Plug and Play Drivers can also have yellow alerts next to it.

Expand Network adapters and right click on the wireless one and under the General tab will show its status.

This can be that it's working properly or will have an error code.

Give us some feed back on those and we'll see where we can proceed from there, but you can also see if power cycling the modem and router will get you connected.

Switch off all computers, the modem and router as well as disconnecting all cables for a couple of mins.

Reconnect the cables except the Ethernet, then switch just the modem on until all of the lights are on and steady then do the same for the router.

Switch just the problematic computer on without Ethernet and check for connectivity.

Don't forget your restore points if this is just a recent problem.

jraju:
Hi, there is a separate light for wireless, and it could be enabled thro, modem settings. if you uncheck wireless connection , it is off. I know it is on.
           Second, i do not have any wireless settings shown in tray in desktop pc. But the same is shown, in laptop, where i am using wireless service.
            I do not also find manage wireless network in my network settings, in the left pane. It only has adopter settings.
              If i remove the ethernet connection, total connection is lost, even i could not get connection on laptop, even though the wireless light is on.
              I have enabled the wireless connection, thro the LSP and changed the password there.
              I was asked for the first time, in laptop, when i try to establish the connection of internet to laptop.
               So, the possibility of allowing the wireless connection, is stored in xp  and could be recovered as 64 hexadecimal key. I will try to remember the program i used to get the hexa code. nirsoft has a software, but it could not get the active connection code. It shows previous ssid and codes.
                The other program, capture the hexa code, but there must be a way to decode it to the actual.
                The xp version, due to previous , may not have the decryptor to do more than that.
                Why there was no settings for wirelss in the desktop computer. i will try all the things including show hidden icons.

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