This method is the easiest and most convenient. First you need to go to the Control Panel and open the "Network and Control Center" general access", After that, in the left side panel, select" Manage wireless networks". There you find the name of your Wi-Fi router and, right-click on it and select "Properties". In this window, you must find the item "Security" and check the box "Display entered characters." That's all. The password can be seen in the line above.
If you did not find the item "Wireless Networks Control Center", then you need to click on "Connect" on the notification panel, after which a list of networks will open. If you did not succeed in this way, for example, due to the fact that you cannot put a check mark or the password is simply not displayed, then you need to try another method.
Option for advanced users
This method is more suitable for advanced computer users, as it is a little more complicated. In order to remember the Wi-Fi password, you need to connect to the router interface. To do this, you need to connect to your computer network cable... The cable comes with the router. Then open a browser and enter network in the address bar. Typically, the address is either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. Then you need to enter your username and password in order to enter the system. Most often, the username is admin and the password is admin. Sometimes the password can be 1234. If you could not enter, then you need to read the instructions for the router, everything is described in detail there.
Once you have entered the interface, you need to find the section responsible for Wi-Fi security. It is usually called "Security" or "Wireless Security". The item security is in the section related to Wi-Fi. At this point, you need to check the box with the name "Show network key" or "Unmask". After that, the router will show you the key.
Password recovery through a special program
There is such free program WirelessKeyView. It doesn't require installation. It must be downloaded and opened on behalf of the Administrator. The principle of its operation is that it shows all stored passwords in the system. Among these passwords will be the password for your router.If none of the methods helped, then you need to do full reset router settings. Then you can set it up again and choose a new password. But keep in mind that after resetting the settings, you will not only have to re-enter the password, but also the parameters for connecting to the Internet, the name of the network.
If you have automatically connected to your wireless network for a long period of time, it is likely that when you connect a new device, you will find that the Wi-Fi password has been forgotten and it is not always clear what to do in this case.
This instruction details how to connect to the network in several ways if you forgot your Wi-Fi password (or even find out this password).
if you have physical access to the router, you can connect without a password at all using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). Almost all devices support this technology (Windows, Android, iPhone and iPad).
The bottom line is this:
Interestingly, when using this method, connecting without a password to a Wi-Fi network from a computer or Windows laptop, you can see the password (it will be transmitted to the computer by the router itself and saved in the system) using the first method.
Connecting to a router via cable and viewing wireless network information
If you don't know wifi password, a previous ways for some reason it cannot be used, but it is possible to connect to the router via cable (and you also know the password for entering the web interface of the router settings or it has remained the standard, which is indicated on the sticker on the router itself), then you can do this:
If none of the methods can be used, it remains to reset the Wi-Fi router to factory settings (usually you need to press and hold the reset button on the back of the device for a few seconds), and after the reset, go into the settings with the default password and from the very beginning configure the Wi-Fi connection and password. Detailed instructions you can find it here.
Probably everyone was faced with the fact that they forgot the password from WiFi networks to which you used to connect. After reading this article, it will no longer be a problem for you. Since here we have collected everything possible ways recover forgotten passwords.
How to view a forgotten WiFi password in the system settings
If you forgot your WiFi password, you can always view the saved passwords on your computer. By default, Windows saves passwords for all WiFi networks it connects to. Therefore, it is likely that the password you need will be stored in the system settings and you can extract it from there.
In order to view the forgotten WiFi password in the system settings, you need to open the "Network and Sharing Center". The easiest way to do this is via the WiFi icon on the taskbar. Click on it with the right mouse button and select "Network and Sharing Center".
You can also open the "Network and Sharing Center" through the "Control Panel". To do this, open the "Control Panel", and then go to the "View network status and tasks" section.
After opening the "Network and Sharing Center" you need to open the "Manage wireless networks" section, the link to which is in the left side menu.
After that, you should see a list of WiFi networks to which you connected. In order to view the forgotten WiFi password, you need to right-click on the desired network and open "Properties".
Now you should see the "Wireless Network Properties" window. In this window, you need to go to the "Security" tab and check the box next to the "Display entered characters" function. After that, your forgotten wi-fi password will appear in the text box "Network Security Key".
Quite often, users are faced with the fact that they do not have a link to "Manage wireless networks" in the "Network and Sharing Center". If you have the same situation, then you can view the forgotten Wi-Fi password in another way.
Click on the Wi-Fi network icon on the taskbar. In the window that opens, find the Wi-Fi network you need, right-click on it and open its properties. After that, you can view the forgotten password as described above.
The only negative, this method works only when you are within the coverage radius of the Wi-Fi network, the password from which you want to find out.
How to find a forgotten WiFi password using WirelessKeyView
If the method described above for recovering forgotten passwords did not suit you for some reason, then you can try using the WirelessKeyView program.
The main purpose of the program is to view saved passwords from WiFi. The developers of the program declare that the program works with all Windows versions starting with Windows XP. In this case, the program is completely free, and you can.
To find out the forgotten WiFi password, just run this program on your computer with administrator rights. After that, the program will display a list of WiFi networks, information about which is saved on the computer. The password for the WiFi network can be viewed in the "Key (Ascii)" column.
You can copy the password if necessary. To do this, right-click on the desired WiFi network and select "Copy Key (Ascii)".
How to view a forgotten password on a router
If you have access to the settings of the router, then you can view the password through the router. To do this, open any browser and enter in the address bar.
As a result, you should be taken to the router's web interface. Here you need to find the section with the Wi-Fi network settings. In this section, you can see the forgotten password.
How to recover a forgotten password using an Android device
Another way to recover forgotten password it Android smartphone or tablet. This method can be used if on Android device the saved password remains and you have ROOT rights.
To recover forgotten password, just download and run. This application will display information about all Wi-Fi networks to which the Android device has ever connected.
You can also view information about saved Wi-Fi networks manually. To do this, open the wpa_supplicant.conf file located in the data / misc / wifi folder.
If you open this file with the help of any text editor, then you can get all the information about the saved Wi-Fi networks.
When connecting home wireless Internet, subscribers usually restrict free access to their Wi-Fi by setting a password. This helps to protect against dishonest neighbors who, having caught your network, begin to use it on an equal footing with you. But it often happens that the owner himself falls into his own trap. Forgetting the security code or losing the piece of paper where it was written is a common thing, and without it, it becomes impossible to connect a new device. But if this happened with you, do not rush to get upset. We will tell you how to recover your password from Rostelecom Wi-Fi.
Discover forgotten code security is possible through a computer or laptop, provided that the connection is active. This can be done in different ways.
Using Windows services
For PCs running on Windows 7/8 / Vista, you need to do the following:
1. Enter the Start menu.
2. From there to the "Control Panel".
3. In this section, click on "Network and Sharing Center".
4. In the list on the left of the page, there is "Manage wireless networks". We go here and see all free access points.
5. Open context menu Your network by clicking on its name with the right mouse button.
6. Click on "Properties". A new window will open.
7. From the "Connection" tab, go to the "Security" section. The item "Network Security Key" is a combination that will help you connect to Wi-Fi.
8. To see it, click on "Display Input Characters".
For Windows 10, on the taskbar, you will need to call the context menu, go to the "Network Control Center" section, then to "Change adapter settings". The page displays available connections... Then proceed as in the above algorithm, starting from point 5.
Using the router interface
Let's figure out how to recover the password for a Rostelecom wi-fi router through its interface.
To do this, you need to know its address, which is indicated in the documents for the device and on its body.
Write this information in the address bar of your browser and click the "Enter" key. Then a login window will appear. Here you need to specify the login and password of the router, respectively. If standard settings have not changed, then "admin" is entered in both fields. After logging in, in the Wi-Fi section, select "Security Settings". A window will open. Find the line "Encryption key". The data in it is what you needed to find out.
If the typical login and password did not fit, and you don’t remember the others or don’t know, then how to recover the password on the Rostelecom router? You will need to reset all router settings. To do this, you need to hold down for 10-15 seconds special button on the router. It is in a recess, so you need, for example, a needle. After that, all settings will be reset to default, the security code will disappear. Then you can go to the interface and install a new key.
How can I find out the password if the connection is inactive?
There is a way to recover the password from WiFi Rostelecom, even if you are not connected to this network. The main thing is that you use it before. For this:
1. From the Start menu, go to System Tools.
2. In the list, click on the section " Command line". A window with a black background will pop up.
3. Enter the following here:
netsh wlan show profiles
You will see a list of the access points in use.
netsh wlan show profile name = network_name key = clear
where instead of "network_name" is the name of the connection from which you want to find out the key. For instance:
netsh wlan show profile name = ROSTELECOM_4321 key = clear
5. You will see all the information about the profile.
6. Find the line "Key content", this is forgotten key to enter.
Once you have successfully retrieved your home wireless Internet access code, be sure to write it down. To prevent the situation from repeating itself, it is very convenient for such needs to create a special memo - a separate notebook or notebook in order to systematically store all the data.
Hello friends! I noticed that many readers of my blog have problems with connecting to Wi-Fi networks, or working via Wi-Fi, in many cases, arise through problems in the operation of the wireless network adapter. And it's not always the fault of the Wi-Fi router, which everyone immediately undertakes to reconfigure several times :).
Let's say a few words about what is wireless network adapter (in the device manager, or in the description of drivers, it will most likely be signed as Wireless Network Adapter)... This is a device that actually connects your computer, laptop, netbook, etc. to the Internet via Wi-Fi. Well, he explained, but I think you understand what I mean :).
If you have a laptop or netbook, then most likely it already has a built-in wireless network adapter (unless the device is old, or even very old)... If this is ordinary stationary computer, then the wireless network adapter (Wi-Fi adapter) is connected separately. Maybe for example a USB adapter such as, or an internal PCI adapter. You can read more about these devices in the article.
It doesn't matter what kind of Wi-Fi adapter you have and on what device. We need it to work stably and not have various problems with connecting and working with Wi-Fi networks... And in order for everything to work well, you need to immediately install the necessary driver for the wireless adapter, and if strange problems appear in working with wireless networks, and you have determined that the problem is most likely in the device (laptop, computer, etc.), then you need to try updating, or completely reinstalling the driver on the Wireless Network Adapter. What we are going to do now.
How to check if the driver is installed on Wi-Fi?
If after installation operating system For example, Windows 7, Wi-Fi does not work on a laptop or other device, then most likely the operating system simply could not select and install a driver for your network adapter. I don't remember exactly, but it seems to me that I have not yet seen a case for Windows 7 to install the driver on the Wireless Network Adapter by itself.
Typically, this driver (like many others) must be installed from the driver disc that comes with the laptop (netbook, USB adapter, PCI adapter, etc.), or download the driver from the manufacturer's website for the same laptop.
In order to check if the driver is installed on wireless adapter, you need to go to the Device Manager and see if it is there.
Right click on My computer (or open My Computer and click on an empty area), select Properties.
Right click on "Device Manager".
If similar devices You did not find there, then you need to install the driver. You can install it from the included disk, or download the driver for the Wireless Network Adapter from the manufacturer's website. Just look for a driver for a specific laptop model, USB adapter, etc. Below in the article, I will show you in more detail how to install the driver on a Wi-Fi adapter.
So you haven't found the driver? You need to install it.
Driver installed but Wi-Fi not working? We check if the Wi-Fi adapter is enabled, is there available networks to connect, there may be a problem in the router, etc. If you have checked everything, then you need to try to reinstall (update) the driver.
The driver is installed, but there are problems with the Wi-Fi connection(the device does not always connect, the Internet is often cut off, etc.)? - Trying to remove old driver, and install a new one by downloading it from the device manufacturer's website.
Install or update the driver for the Wi-Fi adapter
Where can I get a driver for a wireless network adapter?
As I wrote above, the driver can be found on the disk that came with the device. Only this method has one drawback. The driver on the disk may already be out of date. And on the website of the manufacturer of your device, you may already have a new version driver and it would be nice to download and install exactly new driver... But if there is no possibility, or do not want to search, then the driver from the disk will also work.
Finding a driver for a wireless adapter is not difficult. For example, I have a model ASUS laptop- K56CM. So we ask Google, or Yandex a request "ASUS - K56CM"... We find the official website in the search results and go to it (we get to the page of our device).
Or you can go to the site of your device and make a squeak on the site, specifying the model. If the page opens in English, then beep the language change button and change to the desired one.
Then, on the page with the description, in our case, a laptop, we are looking for something like the button "Download", "Downloads", "Drivers", etc. We pass on it.
If necessary, we indicate for which operating system the driver is needed. Then we look for a driver for a wireless network device in the list. (you can be guided by the inscription Wireless Network Adapter, Wireless Lan Driver) and download it to your computer (look at the date of the driver update, what would it be latest version) .
If you do not have a laptop, but, say, a USB adapter is connected to an ordinary computer, then formulate the request to search for a driver in the same way. For example, “TP-LINK TL-WN721N”, or search for the device name on the manufacturer's website.
That's it, the driver is on our computer. If you just want to install, and not reinstall (update) the driver, then unpack the archive (if the driver is in the form of an archive) to the folder and run the installation file. Follow the instructions. After rebooting, Wi-Fi should work.
If you need to reinstall (update) the driver
If you want to reinstall the driver, then I advise you to uninstall the old one first.
To do this, go to Device Manager(how to do this is written at the beginning of the article) and right click on the Wireless Network Adapter. Please select Properties.
Then go to the tab "Driver" and press the button Delete.
A warning appears, check the box next to "Uninstall the driver programs for this device" and press "Ok".
That's it, the driver has been removed. Reboot your computer. Go to Device Manager. You should see that an unknown device has appeared (Network Controller)... This is our wireless adapter, there is simply no driver for it, now we will install it.
I advise you to install the driver in the following way: if the driver is in the archive, then unpack it into a folder. Go to this folder and run the installation file, it is usually called “Setup.exe”... Follow the instructions. After installing the driver, usually even without rebooting, Wi-Fi should work. And I hope it will work stably.
Another way to install the driver on a Wi-Fi adapter
Go to Device Manager and right click on the unknown device (in our case, the Network controller)... Please select "Update drivers ...".
In the next window, click.
Specify the path to the folder with drivers and click "Further".
Driver installation should start. If Windows reports that “Most suitable software for this device already installed ", then try to install in the first way (With installation file) .
I think this is a very relevant article and will come in handy for many, it was necessary to prepare it earlier :). If you encounter problems that cannot be solved with the help of this article, you can ask a question in the comments, or on our forum. Best wishes!
How to install (update, reinstall, uninstall) a driver on a wireless network adapter (Wi-Fi)? updated: February 7, 2018 by the author: admin
