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Excel Password Recovery

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Have you password protected an excel document only to forget the password? Almost everyone who has worked in the computer field for a long period of time has gone through this. Hopefully it wasn't with a critical document, as cracking an excel password, or working your way through an access password recovery, can be a time consuming task. The longer your password was, the longer you can expect the recovery to take. Even with all known Excel 97/2000 password crackers testing passwords (using brute-force or dictionary attacks) to discover the right one. This method, however, is good only for short and non-complex passwords. The fastest program provides about 170,000 passwords/second on a Pentium III/800mhz PC. In other words, to find an 8 character password consisting of lowercase Latin letters and digits, you'll need about 200 days! That's for a short, easy password!

As you can tell, working with Excel 2000 and cracking a password of 5-10 characters in length will not be an easy process. Is there help for you? Start searching for companies that offer a money back guarantee. If you are not comfortable researching this on your own, you can send the password protected document to the company itself and have them crack it for you. In the later case, look for organizations that are offering a time and money back guarantee. In addition, be sure to call the company in question first and ask some questions about costs, time frames, and the details about any money back guarantees.

 

 

Below is a short list of recommended companies that offer 'do it yourself software', as well as in-house password recovery services:

Free software!
http://yippee.i4free.co.nz/html/win/utilities/title12495.htm 

http://www.password-crackers.com/crack/guaword.html 
http://www.accessdata.com/ 
http://www.denglad.com/en/excel.shtml 
http://www.lostpassword.com/ 
http://www.repairfiles.com/ 

You may want to perform a search in Google for the key words 'excel password recovery' for a more comprehensive listing.