How to use Cain & Abel to get local passwords Install and launch Cain & Abel. If you are using this for the first time, it will look like this: Choose the one that has IP,do not choose those with 0.0.0.0... Now,you will be prompted by something like this: Choose "Decoders" from the bar and you will see the this: Choose the type of passwords that you want to search from the computer.. After that,click on the "+" button: You are about to finish the job,you will see some passwords or hash... This is the example of clear-text password: This is the example of hash: For hash, you can send it to the cracker... Good luck!