Advanced Office XP 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 XP Password Recovery (or simply AOXPPR) is a program to recover lost or forgotten passwords for the documents/files created in the following applications (all versions up to 2002/XP):

- 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
  - password to open
  - VBA project password
- Microsoft Visio
  - VBA project password
- Microsoft Publisher
  - 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 (up to Money 2001)
- Microsoft Backup (Windows 95/98)
- Microsoft Schedule+
- Microsoft Mail
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 3/4/5 (Content Advisor)

AOXPPR 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, such as Corel WordPerfect Office, AutoCAD etc).

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/XP 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 protected using CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider) are also 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 AOXPPR you're using). The most current version of AOXPPR is always available at:

http://www.elcomsoft.com/aoxppr.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
