[Tanto]

I am technical support for a medium sized network and am needing access to some files that were password protected by a previous employee.

I use office 2003 and that is the app that was used when creating these data files. So probelm is, the employee is gone with no way to be contacted. The replacement needs access but can't get in due to the password protection...

I tried a few things and nothing worked..
:(
Any ideas?

[Hybr!d]

Try this: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/can_i_c...word_file.html

[thingie2]

I think he can't even get into the file. Atleast that's what I read it as...

[Tanto]

yeah i can't even get in to read :(
it's silly because she could have AT LEAST left it as read only!!
maybe i can try to just change the extension?

[thingie2]

You could try, make sure you back the file up first though, as if you do it might go wrong.

[Tanto]

yeah,
i woke up and came to work this morning to find out that they have been cracked. the network admin used third party software...

thank you for the helpd though :)

[thingie2]

Your welcome, and glad you got into the documents. Brute force hacking is sometimes the most effective way.