Dialupass: Recover lost dialup/RAS/VPN password in Windows XP/Vista/9x

Dialupass v2.45 - Dialup/RAS/VPN Password Recovery
Copyright (c) 2001 - 2008 Nir Sofer

This version is obsolete.
For Windows 2000 and above, it's recommended to use Dialupass 3

Description

When you use the "Dial-Up Networking" module for connecting to the internet or to other networks, the operating system give you the option to store the password and use it when it needed. Although the password is constantly stored in your computer, the operating system doesn't allow you to watch it. if you forget your password and you want to extract it from your computer, you can use the Dialupass utility for viewing the password.
This utility enumerates all Dial-Up entries on your computer and reveals their logon details: User Name, Password and Domain.
it works perfectly in the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, the Dialupass utility can reveal the Dial-Up passwords only if you are logged on with administrator privileges.

Known Problems

False Alert Problems: Some Antivirus programs detect Dialupass utility as infected with Trojan/Virus.

System Requirements

This utility works with any version of Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows Vista.

Known Limitations

Windows 2000/XP/2003: The passwords are revealed only if you log on to the computer with administrator privileges.
In earlier versions of Windows 95, the phone number is not shown.

Versions History

Date	Version	Description
03/05/2008	2.45	Fixed bug: Dialupass crashed under Windows Vista.
29/12/2007	2.44	The configuration is now saved to a file, instead of the Registry Under vista, Dialupass now automatically requires to run as administrator.
12/09/2004	2.43	Fixed bug: In previous versions, Dialupass failed to load the user name/passwords details if the dial-up item name contained ']' or '[' characters.
21/07/2004	2.42	Fixed bug: Dialupass failed to change the user/password details under Windows XP.
25/08/2003	2.41	Fixed bug: In previous version, the user/password details were not shown if the dial-up item name contained one or more non-english characters. (Windows 2000/XP) If the program causes an exception during the password extraction process, it won't crash immediately, and it'll allow the user to continue to run it.
01/08/2003	2.40	Added command-line support. Option to view the user/password details of all user profiles on the system (Only for Windows NT, 2000, and XP) Save as vertical html file.
06/07/2003	2.30	Sort the dialup items by clicking the columns header. Change the location of a column by dragging it to a new location. All your settings (window size, columns size) are saved, and loaded in the next time that you run the Dialupass utility.
05/05/2003	2.20	View the dial-up passwords of other users in the same computer (Windows NT/2000/XP) Save the dial-up items in tabular text files. Save the dial-up items as HTML file. The area code is now shown with the phone number. The size of the executable decreased to 30K.
03/03/2003	2.10	Fixed bug: Passwords saved for all users in Windows XP are now shown properly. Popup menu.
14/02/2003	2.00	Added support for Windows 2000/XP Completely new user interface. Added phone numbers.
12/09/2001	1.00	First release. Only for Windows 95/98/NT.

License

This utility is released as freeware for personal and non-commercial use only. You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via floppy disk, CD-ROM, Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this. If you distribute this utility, you must include the 'readme.txt' file in the distribution package, without any modification !

Disclaimer

The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.

Using Dialupass

The Dialupass utility is a standalone application, and it doesn't require any installation process or additional DLLs. Just copy the dialupass.exe to any folder you want and run it. After you run it, it'll instantly show all your Dial-Up accounts and their user/password details.

You can also select one or more Dial-Up items (by using Ctrl and Shift keys), and then save them into a readable or tab-limited text file , or copy them into the clipboard (Ctrl+C).

the Dialupass utility also allows you to easily edit the logon details: user name, password and domain. You can get the editing dialog-box by double-clicking the item you want to edit.

Viewing the logon details of other users

Under Windows 2000/XP, you can view the logon details of other users in the same computer. Simply press Ctrl+U, and select the desired user, or select to view the passwords of all user profiles in your system. In order to view the logon details of other users under Windows NT, you should run Dialupass in advanced mode, by using the /adv option: dialupass.exe /adv

Command-Line Options

Option	Description
/stext <Filename>	Save the list of all dial-up items into a regular text file.
/stab <Filename>	Save the list of all dial-up items into a tab-delimited text file.
/stabular <Filename>	Save the list of all dial-up items into a tabular text file.
/shtml <Filename>	Save the list of all dial-up items into horizontal HTML file.
/sverhtml <Filename>	Save the list of all dial-up items into vertical HTML file.

Under Windows 2000/XP, you can save the passwords of all user profiles on your system, by using /allusers parameter.
For Exmaple:
Dialupass.exe /allusers /shtml "c:\temp\dialup.html"

Feedback

If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my utility, you can send a message to nirsofer@yahoo.com

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