I do not remember all the passwords to Windows Live Messenger
since its been stored automatically. I have to transfer login
information to the Windows Live Messenger accounts to another laptop.

Where does Messenger save this information? Is it a certain fil that I
can copy?


I know there must be a file or something, because when I am
un-installing Messenger and then re-installing it afterwards, my
accounts and passwords are still there.


Please help me..


Thanks,
Martin

Have a look at Find 'AutoLogin' Password??, but unfortunatly the link that TB posted to his app is dead, i'll have a digg and see if i can find the tool somewhere.

Yep, it seams like thats the kind of tool I need. I really hope you can find it. Thanks!

Try looking here
Maybe helps

There is a major security flaw within Messenger at the moment. Passwords are currently being stored as text!

Anyway here is a small program to revive your passwords:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=63123

Thanks but in the post it says i need Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 runtime. I have no clue what that is??

Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) first, then try running it.

AHH... now i downloaded the MS Visual c++ thing , but now the link doesnt work!!

could someone please post a new link or send the program directly to martinfreund@gmail.com?

thanks!

that program doesnt work

i hope someone has that program which was linked to earlier...

edit: coockierevised has a point
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Originally posted by foaly
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You don't need any program

(helpers: stop providing tools which can be abused. Rather suggest the proper normal way for retrieving passwords)

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Why don't you go to the .NET Passport site ('Windows Live ID' now) and ask for a password email to be send to you... This is the best option you'll have.

It also excludes the possebility that you're trying to get passwords from accounts you do not own.

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Go to the account services of the .NET Passport site ('Windows Live ID' now):
https://accountservices.passport.net/...

...and click on 'forgot your password?' underneath the signin box...

...you'll come to:
https://accountservices.passport.net/uiresetpw.srf

There you can reset and/or change your passwords.











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Originally posted by -!Felu!-

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Originally posted by summermuggy
BTW, this is the link that doesnt work any more: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=63123

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That seems to be moved to a private forum .

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
You don't need any program

(helpers: stop providing tools which can be abused. Rather suggest the proper normal way for retrieving passwords)

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Why don't you go to the .NET Passport site ('Windows Live ID' now) and ask for a password email to be send to you... This is the best option you'll have.

It also excludes the possebility that you're trying to get passwords from accounts you do not own.

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Go to the account services of the .NET Passport site ('Windows Live ID' now):
https://accountservices.passport.net/...

...and click on 'forgot your password?' underneath the signin box...

...you'll come to:
https://accountservices.passport.net/uiresetpw.srf

where you can reset your passwords.



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Originally posted by summermuggy
BTW, this is the link that doesnt work any more: http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=63123

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That seems to be moved to a private forum .

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For obvious reasons as it could easly be abused.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
I think you are misunderstaning something. There is absolutely nothing illegal about programs that retrieve old password installed on my own computer.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
And if I really wanted to gain acces to someones email account I could just do as you said by resetting the password and then block the original user, and then go dig in the inbox...but this is not the case!

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Originally posted by summermuggy
I hope someone can help me

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Originally posted by CookieRevised

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Originally posted by summermuggy
I think you are misunderstaning something. There is absolutely nothing illegal about programs that retrieve old password installed on my own computer.

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I understand it perfectly though, and I never said it would be illegal if it is on your own computer retrieving your own password.

I said such tools could be abused. And since there is no way of knowing if you (or anyone else who reads these posts!!!) are going to use them for the proper reasons, I fail to see why we should brake the forum rules and provide you with tools which make it very easy for abusers to misuse them. While on the same time there is a perfectly safe method to get your passwords again with the method I described in previous post.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
And if I really wanted to gain acces to someones email account I could just do as you said by resetting the password and then block the original user, and then go dig in the inbox...but this is not the case!

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I think you don't understand it. You can not reset a password from someone else, since the mail which will be send with confirmation and the new password will be send to the owner of the account, not to the one who resets the password.

Why don't you follow the steps I've given? If you're the owner of the account, then you have your passwords in no time.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
I think i tried to explain why i can't retrieve it that way.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
and i got your point, so why dont you just ignore this asking for help, if you are not willing to help?? i think myself and others have gotten your point!

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Originally posted by summermuggy
so to end stupid discussion please do not repeat your point, or start a thread somewhere else..thank you

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and help to solve my problem is still needed! thanks.

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i think you are being very controlling. we live in a free world and i can choose not to follow your advice. it is nothing personal. please stop harassing me.

and i am still interested if any one can help my with that messenger password retriever. the nirsoft.net one didnt help me out. does anyone still have the one ABSORBATION referred to?

(QUOTE:  here is a small program to revive your passwords:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=63123 )

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(QUOTE:  here is a small program to revive your passwords:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=63123 )

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Originally posted by absorbation
The program was open source, that's how people could abuse it. However there are many places now hosting that code, and I do see it as a little stupid to be hiding it. You obviously need it.

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one last time, if you would read my posts you would understand that i cannot use your advise that because i have been used messenger to login but now i cant use messenger.

its a laptop from my work and amongst those things that are currupted is the VPN-client i have to log on to get online. the IT-department have told me that it needs to be formatted, but before i do so i want to retrieve my password. so one last time: i cannot use you method. and it is harrasment if you keep accusing me of doing illegal. its called libel. so please stop harrasing me and continue to post the same post with your same stupid point!

and yes, ABSORBATION, i do need the program to revive my password, as there is no other way for me (and yes, i have tried).

so my qustion is:

does anyone have that program to revive auto-saved messenger passwords?

(and if you do not - or dont want to post a link - then please do not reply)

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Originally posted by summermuggy
one last time, if you would read my posts you would understand that i cannot use your advise that because i have been used messenger to login but now i cant use messenger.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
and it is harrasment if you keep accusing me of doing illegal. its called libel. so please stop harrasing me and continue to post the same post with your same stupid point!

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in my last post i wrote that i cannot go online on my old laptop, so i guess you are not reading my posts afterall.

and please accept that i do not want your advice cookierevised. even though it might be tough on your ego. your are just responding to this thread to harrass me, since there is nothing new in your posts. so stop it!

.... you can do what cookie said on any computer with the internet....

thank you very much, but since i cannot login with the auto saved info on the laptop that doesnt work, it wont do me any good to reset the password on another computer. thanks for your help, though.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
thank you very much, but since i cannot login with the auto saved info on the laptop that doesnt work, it wont do me any good to reset the password on another computer. thanks for your help, though.

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nope, i need to be able to log in to it as well to reset it. otherwise i need to answer some kind of question, where i some scribble 3 years ago when i created my account.

so any help from someone who knows of program to retrieve my messenger password from my old laptop is appreciated

thank you all for your kind help

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Originally posted by summermuggy
does anyone have that program to revive auto-saved messenger passwords?

(and if you do not - or dont want to post a link - then please do not reply)

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by summermuggy
does anyone have that program to revive auto-saved messenger passwords?

(and if you do not - or dont want to post a link - then please do not reply)

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Nobody is going to post a link to such a program, because it's not allowed on this forum. If that's all you want, then I might as well close this thread.

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It's illegal because the program is concidered as hacking tool, that is not allowed on forum rules:

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Originally posted by Forum's Rules
"Illegal Content: You may not post illegal things or information about them. This includes, but is not limited to:
warez, or other illegally distributed software.
hacking tools.
pornography or nudity not safe for children. "

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summermuggy,

for the last time... If you follow the advise I gave you you will be able to reset or change your password. Again, millions of other people have done these steps in the past. All you need to have, as Dazmatic said, is an internet connection. And you clearly have that since you're posting here...

There is absolutely nothing unique in your situation compared to all those others millions of people who lost their password, got their account hacked, or whatever else might have happened. The method I gave you _is_ the method to retrieve your password in any situation. Even if you don't know the answer to your secret questions anymore, there are _still_ ways of resetting/changing your password... provided you _do_ follow my advise instead of being stuburn and trying to give reasons why it shouldn't work.

Again, the method I described is the method which is geven to anyone who has troubles with retrieving a password in any situation.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
well, if there is any other way i can get my password than through a program i would like to know as well.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
btw, why is it not allowed to post such a link in this forum? there is absolutely nothing illegal about it.

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It's illegal because the program is concidered as hacking tool, that is not allowed on forum rules:

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Originally posted by Forum's Rules
"Illegal Content: You may not post illegal things or information about them. This includes, but is not limited to:
warez, or other illegally distributed software.
hacking tools.
pornography or nudity not safe for children. "

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Anyway...
If it's not possible to make Cookie's idea, because of don't remembering the secret answer and other problems, how about making a new account?
Maybe it's easyer than trying to find a such program...

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btw, why is it not allowed to post such a link in this forum? there is absolutely nothing illegal about it.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
btw, why is it not allowed to post such a link in this forum? there is absolutely nothing illegal about it.

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True, it's not illegal, but it can be abused to steal passwords. It's potentially a dangerous hacking tool, and therefore we don't want it posted here.

Nobody is saying that you have any bad intentions, but that doesn't matter.

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"Oh, and if you actually posted a link to this thread in "How to report users?" I'm sure many people will agree with me. Also how do you come to the idea that someone already has reported me?"

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Originally posted by summermuggy
just to clarify: it is NOT a hacking tool - however it could illegaly be used as one.

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burning software is NOT pirate software - but could be used to harm copyright. a kithen knife i NOT a murder weapon (but a kitchen utensil) - but could illegally be used as one by criminals.

hope the point is clear now.

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Originally posted by WDZ

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Originally posted by summermuggy
just to clarify: it is NOT a hacking tool - however it could illegaly be used as one.

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Yeah, that's what I said. It has the potential to be used as a hacking tool.

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burning software is NOT pirate software - but could be used to harm copyright. a kithen knife i NOT a murder weapon (but a kitchen utensil) - but could illegally be used as one by criminals.

hope the point is clear now.

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I understand your point, but I believe that in this case, the potential malicious uses of a password recovery tool outweigh the potential legitimate uses.

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summermuggy,

I strongly suspect you could have found what you are looking for using Google, in half the time you've wasted here. 

Take that into consideration. 

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
"Oh, and if you actually posted a link to this thread in "How to report users?" I'm sure many people will agree with me. Also how do you come to the idea that someone already has reported me?"

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you are being completely off topic now. but fyi; it a window popped up that said that your message had already been reported.

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Originally posted by summermuggy
you truly believe in the good in ppl

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Originally posted by Adeptus
summermuggy,

I strongly suspect you could have found what you are looking for using Google, in half the time you've wasted here. 

Take that into consideration. 

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