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Opening a protected document
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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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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... :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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TF wrote: 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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... :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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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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... :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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And those darker parts of the web are filled with all kinds of things that
can and will screw up the stability of your computer. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "ChrisM" wrote in message ... 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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... :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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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 Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... 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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That is an excellent point..and yet, people do it every day. Scary thought.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... 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 Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... 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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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 [MVP]" wrote in message ... That is an excellent point..and yet, people do it every day. Scary thought. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... 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 Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... 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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Have you tried opening it in OpenOffice.writer?
This program will allow you to open many password protected documents, and in some but not all cases will even remove the password for you. HTH Neil www.nwarwick.co.uk "CEV" wrote: 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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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? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ChrisM wrote: 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 [MVP]" wrote in message ... That is an excellent point..and yet, people do it every day. Scary thought. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... 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 Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... 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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OK!
Please don't imply that I'm a liar. All I'm saying is that in a 'Real World' situation a couple of years ago, when we urgently needed to access a document that had been password protected, we managed to find a piece of FreeWare software that solved OUR particular problem on that day. No idea how it worked, or how it dealt with the technicalities, simply that it worked. Don't remember the name of the sofware now, (remember, I said it was a couple of years - actually, more like 5, thinking about it, and two companies ago). However, a little research on the subject will show that the security on most Office products was fairly rudimentary anyway. Maybe in the latest versions it's a lot stronger, I don't know, you're the expert... This isn't the software we used, it isn't free, and I don't know if it works or not, but these people reckon they can unlock any Word document that has been password protected.. Who knows... http://lastbit.com/about.asp Anyway, enough said. All I was trying to do was to help the OP by sharing my experience of a similar situation. Unfortunatly I couldn't tell him the exact piece of software that we used, but though it was worth letting him know we had managed to solve our instance of the problem. Goodbye. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... 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? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ChrisM wrote: 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 [MVP]" wrote in message ... That is an excellent point..and yet, people do it every day. Scary thought. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... 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 Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... 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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That did it. Thank you very much!!
CEV "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/ "CEV" wrote in message ... :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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CEV wrote: 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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