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Finding wifi passwords for saved networks

September 20th, 2021

Occasionally I need to find the password for a wifi connection that I have previously connected to. Navigating the maze of dialogs to find it is never easy, especially when the path to those dialogs changes frequently in Windows 10.

One way to do it is to find the network via the Windows Control Panel (Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Centre). Once found, clicking on the connection properties will open the Wi-Fi Status panel:

Clicking on the Wireless Properties button and then selecting the Security tab will show the wifi password:

This method works, but involves a lot of clicking through screens. Also, it requires starting at the legacy Control Panel, which is gradually being replaced with the new Settings app. Instead, all of this information and more can be accessed via the command line using the netsh command.

To get the password for a wifi network, run the command:

netsh wlan show profile WifiName key=clear

You can also use this command to see the list of every saved network that your device has connected to:

netsh wlan show profile

DDD North 9

March 2nd, 2020

I’ve just got back from DDD North 9, held for second time in Hull. As is always the case with DDD events, there was a great community feel at the conference. Here are the sketchnotes I made in the talks I attended.

Kubernetes On Raspberry Pi

by Chris Wraith Twitter Slides

NDC London 2020

February 10th, 2020

A few weeks ago I attended NDC London. As I’ve done in the past, I attended as part of the NDC crew. I didn’t manage to sketchnote every talk I attended, mainly because I was in the larger rooms as part of the crew schedule and was working the camera a lot of the time. Here are the sketchnotes that I did make:

Capability Mapping

by Ian Cooper Website Twitter Slides Video

Controlling Wildfires While Only Getting Singed

by Jessica White Website Twitter Slides Video

An Introduction To Machine Learning Using Lego

by Jeppe Tornfeldt Sørensen Video Code Video

Modernising The Enterprise Desktop Application

by Oren Novotny Website Twitter Video

Rip It Up And Start Again

by Sam Newman Website Twitter Slides Video

A Developer’s Introduction To Electronics

by Guy Royse Website Twitter Video Code

3D Printed Bionic Hand, A Little IoT, And A Xamarin Mobile App

by Clifford Agius Twitter Video

Keep It Clean - Why Bad Data Ruins Projects And How To Fix It

by Philip Winder Website Twitter Slides Video

Shrink The Web

by Lemon Website Twitter Video

Common API Security Pitfalls

by Philippe De Ryck Website Twitter Slides Video

Drinking A River Of Data With Akka.Net

by Hannes Lowette Twitter Video

DDD East Midlands 2019

October 28th, 2019

All The Mistakes I’ve Made Trying To Implement Microservices

by Zac Braddy Website Twitter Video

This talk was cut short by a fire alarm at the venue, hence the incomplete sketchnote.

Deep Learning In The World Of Little Ponies

by Galiya Warrier Twitter Video Code

Whose Design Is It Anyway?

by Helen Joy Website Twitter Slides Video

Think Like A Hacker

by Matt Brunt Website Twitter Slides Video

ProgNet 2019

September 17th, 2019

Last week I attended ProgNet 2019 held at SkillsMatter in London.

This is my sixth year of attendance (last year’s notes are here), and as usual I sketchnoted the talks that I attended. Videos for all of the talks are available on the ProgNet 2019 website.