Protect Sheet - Lost Password

[Deana]

One of my users has inadvertently protected a worksheet with the AutoFilter
on and filtering. He has no idea what the password is since he is unaware of
setting one. Does anyone know a way around this? We've tried copy/paste but
since the data is filtered, it isn't much use.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Deana]

Sorry, had a problem when sending the first time. It didn't appear to go
through at all.

Thanks.
DJ

 

[Anand]

There are any number of password cracking engines...

I recommend www.passwordcrackers.com or search google/

 

[timatey]

There are a lot of excel password recovery sites.
I can recommend you Excel Password Recovery
http://www.lastbit.com/excel/default.asp

 

[Alert]

Hi Deana,

No problem! There are many simple tools available online that can
unprotect an Excel worksheet or unlock a lost or forgotten password.
Many of these are free or very cheap.

I quote from a recent post which I hope may prove helpful to you...

Please do not attempt to access a file unless you are authorised to do
so.

--- Original Message ---

There are a number of very good password cracking & recovery programs

available, many of which can easily be downloaded from the internet.

Have you tried any of the following web sites?

http://intertek.org.uk
Download free tools to find the password in Excel, Word, or anything!

password-crackers.com
Russian password crackers - excellent program based on encryption.

officerecovery.com
soft4you.com
elcomsoft.com
soft4you.com
officerecovery.com
lostpassword.com
accessdata.com
Some of the major commercial vendors.

http://spider.bokler.com/crak_body.html
A premier cracking information website.

Etc... I apologise to all those excellent websites I've missed.

Try a www search - there are many good sources of help with cracking

Word passwords, and indeed almost any password!

Good luck!