How to find from username from email?

How to Find an Email Username & Password in the Windows XP Registry

• Answer:

  The Windows XP registry contains all the saved settings for your computer. This includes hardware drivers, software settings and even some email usernames and passwords. Email accounts are stored in plain text, but some email clients store passwords in an encrypted form. Nevertheless, you can find these values in the registry in case you forget an old email address or password. If the password is encrypted, you need to reset the password with your email host. Difficulty: Moderate Instructions Click the Windows "Start" button and enter "regedit" into the text box. Press "Enter" to open the Windows Registry Editor, which is where you can search for your values. Click the "Edit" menu item and select "Find." A new window opens with a text box. Enter the email address you want to search in the text box and click "Find Next." Press the "F3" key until you find the location of your email client settings for the email address. Underneath this key, a password key is configured. Double-click it to view the value. If the value is a list of characters, then it is an encrypted password and you need to reset it. Otherwise, if the plain text password is saved, you can recover your email by using this password in your email client.