Password Best Practices

Using Password Decryptors

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution To launch any of the Password Decryptor tools you can find those programs in your Toolbox under Technician> Cookie Passwords Note, First make sure the Antivirus is disabled or paused temporarily BEFORE you run any of these tools. How to Run …

Reset Admin Password on Windows 7

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution Open the Start menu and select “Control Panel”.Click “Add or remove user accounts”. Windows will ask you to confirm your password to proceed.Click the name of the account you want to change.Click “Change Password”.Follow the on-screen instructions to set …

Viewing Saved Passwords in Firefox

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution Click the menu button and click “Options”.On the left hand side switch to the “Privacy & Security” tabScroll down towards the middle of the window, under the Logins and Passwords section, select “Saved Logins”Highlight the password you’d like to view …

Viewing Saved Passwords in Chrome Browser

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution As you log into any type of account online you might notice you receive a pop-up message in your browser saying “Save Password?”. You’ll then receive the option to select “Save” or “Never”. If you save your login information then it will auto-fill anytime …

Reset Admin Password on Windows Vista

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution Open Start in the bottom left hand corner screen.Type in “Run” and click the run option that pulls up in the menu list.In the Run box that pops up Type in “cmd”. This is the command to open a Command Prompt.Click “OK” at the bottom of the Run window. …

Viewing Saved Passwords in Safari

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution Open the Safari menu.Select Preferences.Switch to the Password Tab.Select the Password you’d like to view and select Show Password at the bottom of the window.Pro Tip: if you click on one of the passwords, hit “CTRL+A”, then select “Show Password” it …

Reset Admin Password on Windows 8 and 10

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution Press “Win-R”. In the dialog box, type: compmgmt.msc, and then press Enter.Expand “Local Users and Groups” and select the “Users” folder.Right-click the Administrator account and select a password.Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the task.

View Saved Password through HTML Source

June 3, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution Note: this method is typically the fastest way to see what passwords are saved in the browser in the chance that you cannot recover an account password through normal account recovery options provided by the platform. You can actually view the passwords …

Add/Edit/Delete a Recovery Phone Number for AOL

May 31, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution First, you’ll log in to the AOL email that you’d like to add your recovery option too. In the top right-hand corner you should have your email listed. Select “Options” below that.Select “Account info” in the drop-down menu. Tip: your browser may …

Reset Gmail Password

May 7, 2019 — HelpCloud Internal Solution In order to recover your Gmail email password, start by visiting the site where you typically will log in to your email. If you need help finding this page, visit the link below where it will take you to login: …