How to Reset or Crack Remote Desktop Stored Username Password

Windows Remote Desktop is a great utility to work in a collaborative environment when you have to access a computer from a remote place. In Microsoft Windows, it is made possible through the use of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft, which concerns providing a user with a graphical interface to another computer.

By default, all Windows XP and Windows Vista editions include the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) / Terminal Services client (mstsc.exe) pre-installed, with RDC client version determined by the version of Windows release or service pack.

How to Reset or Crack Remote Desktop Stored Username Passwords

Windows Remote Desktop utility stores the username and password information in rdp files. There is a tiny utility from NirSoft with the name Remote Desktop PassView, which reveals the password stored by Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection utility inside the .rdp files.

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Remote Desktop PassView doesn’t require any installation process or additional DLL files. Just copy the executable (rdpv.exe) to any folder you like, and run it. After you run rdpv.exe, the main window display the passwords of .rdp located under your “My Documents” folder. The default .rdp file (Default.rdp) is usually stored in this location.

If you want to recover that password of another .rdp file, just drag the file from Explorer into the window of Remote Desktop PassView utility or use the “Open .rdp File” option from the File menu.
Be aware that Remote Desktop PassView can only recover the passwords created by your current logged on user. It cannot recover the passwords of .rdp files created by other users.