lost passport password

Hi,

i use msn passport to login into msn messenger, the problem is i have
already stored password long time ago that i forget the password,
recently i made ghost image as backup, and formated the windows, and now
can't login into msn. could tell me which file is stored the password,
so i could extract the file and put in new windows. i want to resolve
this issue without much work, if it is not possible, as my last resort
is restore the image and with recover a password with program or
something. i hope what i wrote is understandable because of my poor english.

Regards,
Pablo

Greetings Pablo,

The following utility should help you out. Just run it on your old installation:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"BlinkingSpirit" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> i use msn passport to login into msn messenger, the problem is i have
> already stored password long time ago that i forget the password,
> recently i made ghost image as backup, and formated the windows, and now
> can't login into msn. could tell me which file is stored the password,
> so i could extract the file and put in new windows. i want to resolve
> this issue without much work, if it is not possible, as my last resort
> is restore the image and with recover a password with program or
> something. i hope what i wrote is understandable because of my poor english.
>
> Regards,
> Pablo

hi,
thanks for your answer, i will do this if can't resolve the problem on
the other way, because this solution, imply me to make ghost backup of
my actual windows to restore later, restore old backup only to recover
password.

regards,
Pablo


Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Greetings Pablo,
>
> The following utility should help you out. Just run it on your old installation:
> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html
>

Hi,

I don't believe you'll be able to "pull out" a file, as it stores this encrypted inside your
Windows profile.

I've not used Ghost in a long time, but if possible, could you perhaps dump it into say a
virtual machine and use it there?

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--

"BlinkingSpirit" <> wrote in message
news:...
> hi,
> thanks for your answer, i will do this if can't resolve the problem on
> the other way, because this solution, imply me to make ghost backup of
> my actual windows to restore later, restore old backup only to recover
> password.
>
> regards,
> Pablo
>
>
> Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
>> Greetings Pablo,
>>
>> The following utility should help you out. Just run it on your old installation:
>> http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html
>>
>

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't believe you'll be able to "pull out" a file, as it stores this encrypted inside your
> Windows profile.
>
> I've not used Ghost in a long time, but if possible, could you perhaps dump it into say a
> virtual machine and use it there?
>

hi,
thanks, for your answer i didn't think that, yes i will try it with
virtual machine, so i don't have to format the windows.

regards,
Pablo

Hi Pablo,

Alright, good luck to you and if you don't mind, I wouldn't mind hearing how this turns out.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--



"BlinkingSpirit" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't believe you'll be able to "pull out" a file, as it stores this encrypted inside
>> your
>> Windows profile.
>>
>> I've not used Ghost in a long time, but if possible, could you perhaps dump it into say a
>> virtual machine and use it there?
>>
>
> hi,
> thanks, for your answer i didn't think that, yes i will try it with
> virtual machine, so i don't have to format the windows.
>
> regards,
> Pablo

hi,

this solution didn't work, because of an error, i think the ghost backup
doesn't go well with virtual box, as my last resort, i make ghost backup
of actual windows installation, and restore the previous windows and
recover the password, and restore actual windows again. but thanks for
your help anyway.

Regards,
Pablo


Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Hi Pablo,
>
> Alright, good luck to you and if you don't mind, I wouldn't mind hearing how this turns out.
>

Hi Pablo,

Oh that's a shame. Thanks for the following up though!

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--

"BlinkingSpirit" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> hi,
>
> this solution didn't work, because of an error, i think the ghost backup
> doesn't go well with virtual box, as my last resort, i make ghost backup
> of actual windows installation, and restore the previous windows and
> recover the password, and restore actual windows again. but thanks for
> your help anyway.
>
> Regards,
> Pablo
>
>
> Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
>> Hi Pablo,
>>
>> Alright, good luck to you and if you don't mind, I wouldn't mind hearing how this turns
>> out.
>>