Password protect word 97 file

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question? You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out. Forums New posts Search forums. Members Current visitors. Log in Register. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Use the above link or you can do a search on the net you will find some thing out there. Dedending on you technical level and feel like a chalange get hold of a Hex editor and open the file in there youll find it.

I have cracked password protected word files just to see if it was hard -its not. Good Luck SPiNner. If I had the time, I am pretty sure I could hack through and convert the hex code, but at this time, I don't have the time right now. If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem. Also please exercise your best judgment when posting in the forums--revealing personal information such as your e-mail address, telephone number, and address is not recommended.

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What we have to do is to recover the password that is try to find a valid one by sorting through a number of combinations and verify them one by one hoping for successful result within reasonable timeframe. When you enter the correct password it goes unnoticed but when you start sorting through millions of combinations the speed drops lower and lower with each version of the file format.