On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 09:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a bit of a pickle here... Anyone know an open-source/free way to open Access > files with passwords, in either Linux or Doze? I have looked at some of the
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;189126 "It is technically not possible for Microsoft engineers to break the password on a password-protected file or feature within a Microsoft program." I'd have been happy to hear that Microsoft engineers would not, as a matter of policy, assist in cracking a password ... but to be told that they are incapable of it might be seen as being a worry for old Bill's "Security, Security, Security (as soon as we remember the password)" policy. http://www.elcomsoft.com/prs.html These are the guys who employ Dmitry Sklyarov, who was arrested in the US and charged (unsucessfully, eventually) under the wonderful DMCA for his part in producing an Adobe eBook password cracker. http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Elcomsoft/ You might possibly be able to trust them with your credit card, if you find no other method (and I've not found one via google yet either) -jim
