Chances are, unless you're a tech enthusiast, you likely kept the default Wi-Fi name and password from the day you had your router installed. Perhaps you have apartment neighbors with funny custom ...

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When your internet company sets up your Wi-Fi for the first time, they usually give you a Wi-Fi password and ask you to memorize it. This password lets you access the internet, which is beamed to your ...

When it comes to unappealing tasks, changing your Wi-Fi password is in the same group as filing taxes or renewing your car registration. But like those chores, it's a necessary evil. But changing your ...

There are multiple ways to view the Wi-Fi password, but using Settings is the easiest. The Netsh utility, accessible via Command Prompt, shows passwords for all the networks you've ever connected to.

For this method to work, you have to already be logged in to the Wi-Fi account for which you want to recover the password. This is useful for the visitor scenario above—you’re just always connected to ...