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645502 2008-03-02 02:44:00 Hi all,
Have need to remember a password I set to a MS Access database. I have searched all the freeware etc. for an asterix reader but the only one I found was a trial that only gave me the first two letters. This pointed me in the right direction but none of the combinations I use with that start configuration are working. Does anyone know of a freebee out there that may help?
Cheers,
Ken
Sapperbro (6562)
645503 2008-03-02 03:10:00 Hi all,
Have need to remember a password I set to a MS Access database. I have searched all the freeware etc. for an asterix reader but the only one I found was a trial that only gave me the first two letters. This pointed me in the right direction but none of the combinations I use with that start configuration are working. Does anyone know of a freebee out there that may help?
Cheers,
Ken

the password is stored in plain text in the mdb file. do you have access to a linux computer or a linux live CD? you can use the linux command "strings" to list all human readable words in a file & that will get it.
Greven (91)
645504 2008-03-02 03:12:00 An oldie I've used for "jogging my failing memory" on a number of occasions with asterix passwords is SnadBoy's Revelation (http://www.snadboy.com/) bevy121 (117)
645505 2008-03-02 06:28:00 try www.nirsoft.net

your antivirus software will probably alert you. ignore it - it is just alerting you software is trying to look at your passwords.
Greven (91)
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