Sometime
you just get frustrated, you have forgotten a password and you know it is saved
on of your computers. However, you need to use it from another device or maybe
use it with a mail client program instead of webmail. In many cases, you can
just ask for a password reset, but if you have changed email since you first
time create a user on that service it will not work, or it can be a service
without the possibility to reset.
I had the
experience myself just the other day. For me it was a NAS box (network storage
device), that I for the first time in ages need to access as admin instead of
using it as an ordinary file service. To make things difficult I had changed IP
address on the device since last login from my computer so the automatic login
from the computer that had stored the password did not recognize it as a saved
connection. What to do now!
Maybe one
of the most ordinary examples for when you need this tip I am going to give now
is for users that have saved their password for web pages like facebook or
twitter, or mail. Mail is the typical thing user’s just setup once and never
ever thinks about again, so when transferring the typical home user over to a
new computer you need to request the password from the provider. Well as long
as the old computer are still running, there might be a better way!
