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how do i open a file whose password is forgotten ?
i have a user who passworded his WORD file, he forgot the password to the
file but needs to open the file. how do i help him? |
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how do i open a file whose password is forgotten ?
how do i help him?
By giving him a crash course in common sense. If he had a combination lock on something - his safe, his bicycle, whatever - he would make sure he remembered the combination, wouldn't he? Why should his document password be any different? needs to open the file Sorry. He can't. This is an often-asked question to which there is no good answer. I read in last week's New Scientist that quantum computing is now, perhaps, less than a decade away so password cracking may become viable in the future - of course there will be new security techniques by then as well - but for now it can't be done. He can try giving his credit card number to one of the many people on the web offering to crack security if he wants but they don't have a magic bullet or anything. -- Enjoy, Tony "JBO" wrote in message ... i have a user who passworded his WORD file, he forgot the password to the file but needs to open the file. how do i help him? |
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how do i open a file whose password is forgotten ?
I have had varying success with WordKey, to extract passwords from old files.
All the Best DeanH "JBO" wrote: i have a user who passworded his WORD file, he forgot the password to the file but needs to open the file. how do i help him? |
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how do i open a file whose password is forgotten ?
If he is entirely comfortable giving his credit card details to someone who
cracks passwords for a living, search the web for "lost word password". There are several websites that claim to be able to do this. Hint: Let him use his OWN credit card :-) On 30/3/06 7:50 PM, in article , "JBO" wrote: i have a user who passworded his WORD file, he forgot the password to the file but needs to open the file. how do i help him? -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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