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NV+ v2 Lost Password when changing default browser
Hi My Windows 7 still works fine but finally I decided to change the browser from Explorer to Firefox. I have several Netgear NAS, one is an NV+ v2. By setting Explorer as default it opens the Se...
Thankyou for your reply, but I still cannot access the files
Reinstalling OS seems a bit risky so I’ll wait with that.
(Some words below might be translations of my own)
I don’t know the password. (It is not default, ’password’).
- A password I once used is found in Firefox but it does not work.
- Via Explorer 11 I can open the ReadyNAS Setup and find under ‘Configfure/Security’: my name, Prime group (Users), my e-mail address and a hidden password (dot dot dot…). Changing that password does not work.
- Googling on Explorer 11 I found this path: Tools/Internet Options/Content/AutoComplete section -> Choose Manage Passwords. However the option ‘Manage Passwords’ cannot be found in my browser.
So I have an unknown password that takes me half-way there. And then, full stop.
Can Firefox import password settings? I have not found any such option.
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If you can get that far, then you have the right admin password. I'm unclear what you mean by "RAIDar won't give you access", because RAIDar has nothing to do with file access, it's a location, monitoring, and set-up tool.
Do you have HTTP acccess to the files turned on? Why do you want to use HTTP instead of Windows Explorer to access the files?
It may be helpful to go through exactly what you are trying to do, how you are trying to do it, and what the result of each step is (including any error messages). Because something doesn't seem to connect in your description.
RAIDar opens the Dashboard (v. 1.0.0.271) which I called Setup
In an old version, RAIDar 4.1.3, Ntgr itself uses the words ‘Setup’ and ‘Browse’ and by Browsing one get access to the files, just like from the computers Start Menu.
(RAIDar v. 6.5.0 is also available here but in another language).
From the Dashboard a very limited access to the files is available.
HTTP etc I think is irrelevant.
Anyone who knows why Explorer 11 won’t reveal passwords or how to get around it? How can it have changed since this was published in January 2021: https://entrepreneursbreak.com/how-to-find-saved-passwords-in-internet-explorer.html ?
Also, the tool that Netgear advertise to use with questions about myself when a password has been forgotten is not to be found in the link.
If I had that I think the problem would be solved.
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