Retrieve the IUSR (Anonymous) password using the IIS Resource Kit Metabase Explorer

Download and install the IIS Resource Kit and used it to retrieve the password of the IUSR account (IIS Anonymous User.)

After installing the IIS Resource Kit, follow these steps to retrieve the IUSR password using the Metabase Explorer:

1. Open the IIS Metabase Explorer by going to Start > All Programs > IIS Resources > Metabase Explorer > Metabase Explorer
   
2. Go to the "View" menu and click on "Secured Data" (this will make sure the password is not displayed as asterisks) and Inherited Data (this will display any data that the web site is inheriting from the default)
   
3. Expand the W3SVC Branch
4. Expand the Branch of an IIS site that is running anonymous access
   
   Note: To determine the ID of the IIS Site; select the "Web Sites" node in IIS and look for the Identifier column in the right pane.
   
   
5. Select the "Root" node and look for the AnonymousUserPass property in the right pane.
   

Reference: http://blog.rafelo.com/2009/01/retrieve-iusr-anonymous-password-using.html