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I have a protected Word document that we have forgotten the password for. Is
there any way possible to unprotect this document? Thank You very much.
CEV
there any way possible to unprotect this document? Thank You very much.
CEV
JoAnn Paules said:That is an excellent point..and yet, people do it every day. Scary
thought.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Graham Mayor said:Unfortunately these programs do not tend to live up to the hype. The
demos and their ability to crack four digit passwords seem impressive
enough, but a complex password can take a seriously long time to crack -
and then you have the dubious pleasure of handing over your credit card
details to someone who cracks passwords for a living - you need to think
very carefully about this.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
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Fair and perfectly valid points, I'm not advocating hacking or
hacking sites, and I'd certainly think twice(maybe even five or six
times!) before giving my credit card details to any 'dodgy'
companies/individuals!! Sometimes, though these things are necessary.
A couple of years ago, the company I was working for for had a couple
of important and urgently needed documents rendered inaccessable with
an unknown password (for reasons I won't go into here).
20 minutes work with google, and a virus scan later, we had a freeware
program that had cleared the passwords within a few seconds.
Not saying it isn't can't be risky some of this sort of thing, but if
you are careful, and use a bit of common sense, there is genuine and
useful stuff to be found.
If you were really worried, and the file was really important, There
are plenty of data recovery companies that could retrieve it for you,
but at a cost.
Cheers,
ChrisM.
JoAnn Paules said:That is an excellent point..and yet, people do it every day. Scary
thought.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Graham Mayor said:Unfortunately these programs do not tend to live up to the hype. The
demos and their ability to crack four digit passwords seem
impressive enough, but a complex password can take a seriously long
time to crack - and then you have the dubious pleasure of handing
over your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords for a
living - you need to think very carefully about this.
--
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
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ChrisM wrote:
If it is passworded against opening:
There are lots of programs around that will 'crack' the password in
Word documents (and most other 'secured' Microsoft files).
Do a Google, and you should find somthing that will help.
Be a little careful though, as although most of the programs are
legitamate, inevitably, searching for ways to crack passwords will
sometimes lead you to some of the darker parts of the Web...
Cheers,
Chris.
"TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
If it is protected, then open a blank document and use Insert,
File and insert the protected document. This will unlock it.
If it is password protected against opening, then you're stuck.
Only hypnosis or torture is left.
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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/
I have a protected Word document that we have forgotten the
password for. Is there any way possible to unprotect this
document? Thank You very much. CEV
Graham Mayor said:Are you going to share the link to this implausible piece of software so
that we can evaluate it in a real world situation. If passwords were that
easy to crack, there would be no point having them. How, for example,
would it cope with the varying levels of encryption that Word can add to a
document?
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Fair and perfectly valid points, I'm not advocating hacking or
hacking sites, and I'd certainly think twice(maybe even five or six
times!) before giving my credit card details to any 'dodgy'
companies/individuals!! Sometimes, though these things are necessary.
A couple of years ago, the company I was working for for had a couple
of important and urgently needed documents rendered inaccessable with
an unknown password (for reasons I won't go into here).
20 minutes work with google, and a virus scan later, we had a freeware
program that had cleared the passwords within a few seconds.
Not saying it isn't can't be risky some of this sort of thing, but if
you are careful, and use a bit of common sense, there is genuine and
useful stuff to be found.
If you were really worried, and the file was really important, There
are plenty of data recovery companies that could retrieve it for you,
but at a cost.
Cheers,
ChrisM.
JoAnn Paules said:That is an excellent point..and yet, people do it every day. Scary
thought.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Unfortunately these programs do not tend to live up to the hype. The
demos and their ability to crack four digit passwords seem
impressive enough, but a complex password can take a seriously long
time to crack - and then you have the dubious pleasure of handing
over your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords for a
living - you need to think very carefully about this.
--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
ChrisM wrote:
If it is passworded against opening:
There are lots of programs around that will 'crack' the password in
Word documents (and most other 'secured' Microsoft files).
Do a Google, and you should find somthing that will help.
Be a little careful though, as although most of the programs are
legitamate, inevitably, searching for ways to crack passwords will
sometimes lead you to some of the darker parts of the Web...
Cheers,
Chris.
"TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
If it is protected, then open a blank document and use Insert,
File and insert the protected document. This will unlock it.
If it is password protected against opening, then you're stuck.
Only hypnosis or torture is left.
--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/
I have a protected Word document that we have forgotten the
password for. Is there any way possible to unprotect this
document? Thank You very much. CEV
CEV said:I have a protected Word document that we have forgotten the password for. Is
there any way possible to unprotect this document? Thank You very much.
CEV
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