My work-in-progress is a bit raunchy and I've got this phobia that if I die my parents will actually read all my work and they would DIE knowing that their daughter could write FILTH like this so I password-locked the file...
anyhoo, (and here comes the grumble) I'VE FORGOTTEN THE PASSWORD!!!!!!!
Anyone got tips on how to crack a Word doc password?
Yours with thousands of gratitudes in advance :-)
Anita
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Nov 5, 2007 - 08 11
*looks around* i may be able to help ya.... how did you password protect it? just using word? if so. what version?
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Nov 5, 2007 - 16 00
joy joy joy! All fixed :-) The password came to me in a dream last night!
xx
A
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Nov 5, 2007 - 16 03
Thanks ozedge :-) Out of curiosity, how could you have fixed it? Yes it was password protect (to open) in Word. 98 version I believe...
xx
A
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Nov 5, 2007 - 21 55
ahh cool :)
just saw this response after sending you an email :)
that would be giving away the secrets of the trade :) but there are a number of ways of trying to break passwords... the first way to try (especially with simple encryption like with word (and word 98 makes it a bit easier... word 2007 sux to crack!!) is called a blunt force attack and that is basically throwing every combination of a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and special characters at it.... i have a little algorithm of my own which does it nicely
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Nov 6, 2007 - 00 53
well aren't you a clever little cookie?! :-)
xx
Anita
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Nov 6, 2007 - 02 28
yeah.. well... you know :)
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Nov 9, 2007 - 00 50
If you password protect, what happens when you open the file? Does a box immediately pop us, asking for a password?
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Nov 9, 2007 - 01 12
yep usually