[pchelpers] Re: Lost Password

Hi Eric

> I've forgotten the password to an important document in Excel 2003.
> 
> Can anyone suggest how I can open this spreadsheet?

Have you tried Googling for an answer? Searches with <password excel> 
and <"lost password" excel> (without chevrons) produces a lot of 
interesting results. I spent quite a bit of time reading some of the 
results the other day, but i couldn't decide which is the best approach.

The following seemed the most interesting Google results i tried because 
they provided free solutions or provided demos that recover the first 
few characters of the password or promised to make you pay only of they 
worked:

http://passwordnow.com/en/excel_password_types.asp
http://www.recoveryengine.com/excel-password/
http://www.lastbit.com/excel/

I guess a lot depends on how strong the encryption was that you used.


-- 
-------list-services-below-----------
Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig>
Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers
PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig
Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig
Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.

Other related posts: