David wrote:
>i found  thie following resource( though it sounds a bit nefarious) on 
>simtel.net.  It is called "Password Spyer 2k 2.0">>


I had a look at that.  It refers to finding the passwords behind a set of ****.

In most cases you are simply faced with a blank in which you must type in 
the password. Would these programs be any use in such cases?  I don't think 
one would want to purchase a program with such limited use.  I think its 
only purpose is to reveal passwords already "typed" (though not visible) in 
the dialogue window so that you can save them for future use.  But it 
doesn't seem to me, without having used the program, that it is going to 
help the reader who has lost his password and is presumably faced with a 
blank dialogue box.

Is my assumption correct?  As there are a number of the "password 
revealers" around, it would be interesting to know, as I assume they all 
work on the same principal.  There may be some which will search your 
system for stored passwords, but I assume you'd first have to get into 
Windows in order to run them.  Possibly this could be done via BartPE 
emergency disk.

Don Penlington


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