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Password Protection on Word Documents
I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now
left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The
document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer - of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brendan Vassallo wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
I have had varying success with WordKey, to extract old passwords.
Best of Luck DeanH "Brendan Vassallo" wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in as
a form. Is there a way to find out the password? "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer - of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brendan Vassallo wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This
will remove the protection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Brendan Vassallo" wrote in message ... The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in as a form. Is there a way to find out the password? "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer - of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brendan Vassallo wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
You are a dead set legend...thank you so much
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This will remove the protection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Brendan Vassallo" wrote in message ... The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in as a form. Is there a way to find out the password? "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer - of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brendan Vassallo wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
Hi
We have the same problem at our company. I've tried your tip, but it doesn't work. It still asks after the password. Depending on XP or the version of Word? Please advise! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" skrev: Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This will remove the protection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Brendan Vassallo" wrote in message ... The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in as a form. Is there a way to find out the password? "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer - of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brendan Vassallo wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
This works only for form protection, not a password to open.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Valentin Bakran" wrote in message ... Hi We have the same problem at our company. I've tried your tip, but it doesn't work. It still asks after the password. Depending on XP or the version of Word? Please advise! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" skrev: Use Insert | File to insert the document into a new blank document. This will remove the protection. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Brendan Vassallo" wrote in message ... The password was used to protect the document so that it can be filled in as a form. Is there a way to find out the password? "Graham Mayor" wrote: If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer - of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brendan Vassallo wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? |
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Password Protection on Word Documents
"Graham Mayor" wrote: If the password is used to inhibit opening of the document then no. The document is encrypted and you need the password. The simplest approach would be to contact the former employee. There are software cracking solutions that you could use at your own risk, but they are not as impressive as the demos would suggest and for a complex password can take hours - or longer - of processing to determine the password, and then you have the issue of giving your credit card details to someone who cracks passwords! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Brendan Vassallo wrote: I previous colleague of mine has passwrod protected a document and has now left the company without revealing the password. Is there any way that the password protection can be removed if the password is not known? Dear Brendan, I read your post. Most people do not realize that although they may have encrypted their "whatevers" on their computers for security reasons. The majority of the time if you go into the browsers password file you will find someones passwords to everything 99% of the time. |
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