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if this is a q that other people have asked or somethin have some mercy on me... please dont tear me a new one...

but yeah i need to unlock a word file that i completely forgot the password to... all i remember is that it was long and alphanumeric... hlp? thanks

Try to find a password recover for ms word from google...

I have no idea if this will work or not, but it SAYS its supposed to work. If it does or not, I personally would like to know http://lastbit.com/download.asp

its only a demo version that does three char passwords and i know it was longer than that... arg this sucks
thanks for tryin to help me tho... are there any other ways?

The password brute forcers are the onlyway that I've found to crack word files.

John the ripper?

John the ripper? You mean jonconley?

<snicker> no but there are thousands of password crackers for just M$ Word; some free othes not... Or as they call them "Password Recovery" progams...

im guessing that this whole thread is about my unremembered word password... its at least 8 spaces long, the least i can remember... and it could be anything, which is why i tried everything. its most likely a combo of meaningful words i was going through at the time. and i am not going to spend $30 just so i can get that one damn password

Ok a couple questions? Is a 'protect it from opening' password or a 'protecting it from being modified' password?

If it is modified try this:
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Mar/0254.html

Now if it is 'from opening' you'll probably need to use a program. DO you even know what type of encryption you used to protect the file?
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/Hack-FAQ/cryptology/word-password-recovery.sht ml

There also used to be a way to edit the file to turn the password character number to 0 i believe, but i doubt that still works.

both...i think....which is why i couldn't figure it out (my new password for the second half is protected from opening AND being modified, so i'm just sort of assuming, i added a modification one on the old file too)

it doesn't work. the first link. after i clinked "insert" a window popped up asking me for my password.