Advanced Office 2000 Password Recovery (professional edition)
(c) 1999-2002 ElcomSoft Co.Ltd.


= Contents =

  System requirements
  Overview
  Registration
  History
  Contact information


= System requirements =

- Pentium or higher CPU
- Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system
- about one megabyte of free space on hard disk


= Overview =

Advanced Office 2000 Password Recovery (or simply AO2000PR) is a program to recover lost or forgotten passwords for the documents/files created in the following applications:

- Microsoft Word
  - password to open
  - password to modify
  - document protection password
  - VBA project password
- Microsoft Excel
  - password to open
  - password to modify
  - workbook password
  - shared workbook password
  - sheet passwords
  - VBA project password
  - unlocking protected plug-ins (XLA)
- Microsoft Access
  - password to open
  - user-level passwords
  - database owner and security ID
- Microsoft PowerPoint
  - VBA project password
- Microsoft Visio
  - VBA project password
- Microsoft Project
  - password to open
  - password to modify
  - VBA project password
- Microsoft Outlook
  - password to open (PST file)
  - passwords to email accounts
- Microsoft Money
- Microsoft Backup (Windows 95/98)
- Microsoft Schedule+
- Microsoft Mail
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3/4/5 (Content Advisor)

AO2000PR also includes the VBA backdoor feature (works for all MS Office 97, Office 2000 and Office XP applications, as well as other programs which have VBA projects)

The program is compatible with all international (non-English) versions of MS Office. Most passwords are being recovered (or removed) instantly. However, password to open in Office 97/2000 is encrypted with a very strong algorithm and requires time-consuming brute-force or dictionary attacks to be performed; the success/recovery rate is about 80-85%, but if the password is long (8+ characters) and complex, it cannot be recovered at all (in a reasonable time). MS Office XP files are also supported, but password to open can be recovered only if compatible (with Office 95 or Office 97/2000) encryption has been used; for files protected using CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider) all passwords but password to open are supported.


= Registration =

Unregistered (trial version) has some limitations; fully registered version costs $150. See "order.txt" for more details.


= History =

See "whatsnew.txt".


= Contact information =

Please send your suggestions and bug reports to support@elcomsoft.com (don't forget to mention what version of AO2000R you're using). The most current version of AO2000PR is always available at:

http://www.elcomsoft.com/ao2000pr.html

Other password recovery products (for ZIP, ARJ, RAR and ACE archives; Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, Internet Explorer, VBA Projects in MS Office documents, MS Backup, MS Money, MS Project; Lotus Organizer, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus WordPro, Lotus Approach; Corel Paradox, WordPerfect and QuattroPro; Symentec ACT!, Intuit Quicken and QuickBooks, Adobe Acrobat PDF, email clients, instant messengers) are available at:

http://www.elcomsoft.com/prs.html
