Topic: Removing Office Passwords (Read 33 times)

heinrich · « **on:** March 26, 2007, 02:24:00 PM »

I just started a new position at work, and unfortunately for me, the woman who I am replacing had decided it was a good idea to password protect a large number of office files (mostly excel spreadsheets), which is leaving in a shitty situation. Does anyone know of a -good- free program to crack these? I hoping (and guessing) that she would have used 1 password for all the files, so I only need to do this once. If no free programs exist, does anyone have any experience with any program that will do the job?

Alex548 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2007, 03:00:00 PM »

Free trial only cracks passwords up to 4 characters long so it's rather useless, but for $50, it should help you with Word & Excel passwords. . . Click Me

heinrich · « **Reply #2 on:** March 26, 2007, 03:00:00 PM »

woo hoo.. nevermind, her password was "protect". God I hated that woman...

Alex548 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 26, 2007, 03:01:00 PM »

How'd you figure that out so quickly?

heinrich · « **Reply #4 on:** March 26, 2007, 05:26:00 PM »

I found a program that gave me the first 2 characters, p, r. Unfortunately, the company I work for begins with P & R, which got me guessing for a while. Another program trial cracked the password in a few seconds, gave me the first letter (oh boy), but also gave me the # of chars. A minutes of staring and at the screen, and I guess I just got lucky.

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