REMOVE GUIDs FROM MICROSOFT OFFICE FILES Guideon is a free product that allows people to remove GUIDs from Microsoft Office files. These files, which include Microsoft Word Documents and Excel Spreadsheets, include an identifier that can be used t o identify the author or at a minimum the machine upon which the document was written. This can be a serious problem for privacy since it could be used to prove who wrote a sensitive document. Unfortunately Microsoft didn't tell anyone that this identifier existed or provide a way to turn it off. As a result we have developed a free softw are application that allows people to remove these identifiers from Microsoft Office files. Vector Development President Ben Reser said, "This puts the power back in the hands of the users. Up until now the user has had no choice on whether these identifiers were included in the files. Only a few more advanced users could attempt to take them o ut by hand." Guideon allows users to scan an entire hard drive and remove all the GUID's that are found, or even just modify a single file. It also can back up the files before it removes the identifier and allows the user to log what was done. Further details of features are available at the site. Vector Development is a small shareware company that has put out other products such as Dunce which have been wildly popular with users on the Internet. Guideon is available from Vector Development's website at: http://www.vecdev.com/ ======================================= Tha above is a copied message. I have not yet gone to the above site to check it out. But I thought that it would be interesting to pass on. Kerry Spencer-Salt B.E., LL.B (Hons) The National Watchman Australian Community Organisation P.O. Box 136, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Phone : (02) 9360 0610 E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website : www.rockroll.com.au/watchman ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/public-list@neither.org
