Microsoft Word Protection Bypass

SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ Mailing List: BugTraq

"Microsoft Word provides an option to protect "forms" by password. This is
used to ensure that unauthorized users cannot manipulate the contents of
documents except within specially designed "form" areas. This feature is
also often used to protect documents which do not even have form areas
(quotations/offers etc.).

This form protection can easily be removed without any additional tools
(apart from a hex-editor)."

Very easy hack to bypass protected Word forms.

Welcome to the TechNet Script Center

"Here at the Script Center, we have categorized the best sample scripts designed to run on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003."

If you want to script something for Win2k+ this is the place to start...

Download details: Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data

Download details: Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data: "With this add-in you can permanently remove hidden data and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint files."

Crystal Reports Install tip

Peter's Gekko: "Get your Crystal report working on your customers server (Cannot find KeycodeV2.dll, or invalid keycode)"

Nice tip for dealing with "Cannot find KeycodeV2.dll, or invalid keycode" errors.

What Works and What Doesn't in VPC 2004

What Works and What Doesn't in VPC 2004:

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the unofficial list of which OSes work and which don't in Microsoft Virtual PC 2004. ..."

Nice list of OS's that work/do not work and hints on making them work as a guest PC.

Bloglines | Free, Web-Based News Aggregator

Bloglines | Free, Web-Based News Aggregator

Very cool... Been using it for a week and am hooked.