Asterisk Key (New)

Asterisk Key shows passwords hidden under asterisks.
Features

Uncovers hidden passwords on password dialog boxes and web pages
State of the art password recovery engine - all passwords are recovered instantly
Multilingual passwords are supported
Full install/uninstall support.
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Got at least two other programs on CD somewhere that do the same job and as far as I recall work fine under win2k. I think one was by the TNT crew. Would be a few years old by now though.
 
This one works pretty well on Win 2K and XP:

Asterwin 1.20

http://nirsoft.cjb.net

Here you find also a lot of Freeware Utilities.

:D

AsterWin 1.20
Copyright (c) 1999 - 2003 Nir Sofer


Description
This utility reveals the passwords stored behind the asterisks ('***') in standard password text-boxes. It supports the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Known Limitations
This utility works fine with most password text-boxes, but there are some applications that don't store the password behind the asterisks, in order to increase their security. In such cases, AsterWin will not be able to reveal the password.
The following applications and OS components don't store the password behind the asterisks:

Netscape 6.x (Passwords in the Web page)
Dialup and network passwords in Windows 2000
Windows NT/2000/XP user management tools.
Asterwin also cannot reveal the passwords in Internet Explorer Web pages, Because they are stored in different way than in other applications. if you want to discover the passwords behind the asterisks in Internet Explorer, you can download the AsterWin IE utility.
 
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