Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel

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    - self extracting file so i downloaded this application off of kazaa thinking it was winzip 8.0 . stupid i know. when i began to install it the dialogue box read "self-extracting file created by self-extracting file user #....." what does that mean?? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44829
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    - confused... again hopefully for the last time... after installing the sygate firewall, the webroot spysweeper and the avg anti-virus, it seems i still have an open port (5000)that may (and hence may not) be infected with a trojan (bubbel?). the spysweeper doesn't pick it up, and an online scan usually shows it is still there (although sometimes it doesn't show up on the scan either). is this anything to worry about or have i covered all my bases and this just some residual problem that simply i can't get rid of? thanks! j. "time flies like an arrow. fruit flies like bananas!" Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44823
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    - Arghh...Trying to remove find4u.com I have been trying to remove this website all day. Its a adware program that links to casinos, viagra and the like. Driving me crazy. It is hijacking my MSN homepage and adding unfavorable links to my favorites folder. I have Norton and Zone alarm installed but this is getting right by them. Can anyone help? Thank you. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44822
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    - supervisor password can any1 tell me where to get a supervisor password from. i've searched the whole microsoft site & am still unsuccessful Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44816
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    - Erase Hard Drive I want to pass my Dell deminsion L550 computer on to my kid. How can I completely erase the disk so he can then install a clean Windows 98. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44814
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    - WHy doesn't Microsoft provide contact for security issues The bogus MS security bulletin is making the rounds again, and I wanted to report the address it came from so that Microsoft could track them down, but there is no way that I can find to post security concerns to them (nor any way that I can see to actually CONTACT MS people in any way.) Just in case some one who might chance to read this has a clue on how to pass it on. Here is the e- mail address. Seems to be fairly arrogant behavior in not wanting to talk to anyone about things that affect their product Internet Security Center dvyvhtantfrea_yfpury@newsletters.ms.com Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44808
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    - The Same Update I have come to realise I have a Trojan on board...can't=20 get rid of it.Now I find,when scanning for updates,I am=20 given the repeated roll-up,over and over again. I am tired,it is 2.58am.I need to be up in the morning as=20 I am in the middle of organising an airlift. I am appealing to the writers of this Trojan to please=20 tell me how to remove it. There are people suffering in this world and your selfish=20 actions are catastrophic.Forget your egos for a moment,if=20 my computer is inoperable,or compromised,I cannot=20 possibly arrange to send anything by air. I have no idea what you think you are=20 acheiving.Please,show some consideration.You are not the=20 folk heroes you seem to believe you are. =A3185 that I will be forced to pay Microsoft to get your=20 nasty programme off my computer,means =A3185 less to feed=20 and clothe the children of the Sitara orphanage. =A3185 that would perhaps have been spent on Obstetrics=20 equippment for a Hospital in Lahore. Thank You. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44803
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    - Can I disable the GUEST ACCOUNT on Win ME ? I noticed someone logged into my computer at home when I went to shutdown. It was guest/TITS. I use ZoneAlarm alot but want to be sure no one is on my computer. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44800
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    - IE6 and Norton Antivirus I've just installed Norton Internet Security 2004. Now I am unable to open any email attachments (Word Documents). What options should I explore? I've already disabled the XP firewall and Nortons' email scanning...still no luck. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44787
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    - Help me in taking back my account Some one have ahcaked my account and I want it back to me so please help me to take it back Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... I will be very thankful to you Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44780
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    - How do I config URLSCAN to deny HTTP TRACE Did a security audit on my Outlook Web Access server today and one of the high risk vulnerabilities found claimed I should use URLSCAN to deny HTTP TRACE requests. How do I do this? I've downloaded urltrace but I can't make head nor tail of it - seems to be an .ini file needs editing, but what do i put in?? Thanks in advance, Paul. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44779
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    - Outlook Express Password My problem is opposite of most peoples. I want to set password for my E Mail. Sometimes other people use my computer and I don't want them to read my mail. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44767
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    - tilde shortcut I have a shortcut that popped up on my desktop. It is microsoft flying windows with a tilde character below it. When I click on properties, I get: type: file 183KB, MS DOS name (tilde), attributes: archive and nothing else. I opened it without apparent harm, and got a large file of code. I deleted it the shortcut, but it came back a couple of days later. I was working with a Word document. Is it associated with M/S Word? I also ran a virus scan on it which was negative. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44755
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    - security patches When I receive a notice from Microsoft that there are updates to install, some of them say, "Once you install this item, it cannot be removed." i.e. #819696. This bothers me. Can anyone reassure me about installing something that CANNOT be installed. Thanks. Janice Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44754
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    - Blue screen I downloaded and installed Norton Internet Security 2004 and ran live update. Upon completion, a box opens that says to reboot to finish the update. Upon reboot, I got an error message that reads: The instruction at "0x0040a2bc" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". Click ok to terminate the program. At the time when that error message popped up, my computer also froze. I could not move the mouse or curser to click ok and close anything. Can someone tell me where I can find out what that means and what I need to do to fix it. Thanks Dave -- Dave Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44747
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    - IPSEC-configuration I have followinf situation: 2 DomainController DC1 and DC2 2 Computer PC1 and PC2 PC1 should communicate witch DC1 and DC2 PC2 should only communicate with DC2 So i wanted to implement IPSEC to solve this problem. I create a policy who make all the IP-Traffic between PC1 and DC1 Secure I create a policy who makes accept DC2 Secure request from PC1 all other Traffic is non Secure. If i configure this with the local policy with a Certificate everythine works fine. If i configure the same rules trouth Active Directory the clients wont get de IPSEC-Policys. What could i done Worng? How can a get a login without having first the IPSEC-Rules? I would like to have a solution where i dont have to install something on the workstations. This example is for testing only. After this we must implement this on 80x PC1 and 200x PC2. I hope someone can help me here. Thxs Haraöd Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44744
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    - Port 1046 Any one know what this port goes to? I can't find it anywhere. I have a Sniffer that im trying to learn but it keeps comming up with destination port 1046 and i have no idea what its used for. HELP Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44743
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    - Outlook 2002 I am running Windows 2000 and Outook 2002 (XP). The problem is that when I go to "Security Settings" in Outlook, Tools, Options, system locks up?????? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44742
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    - DSFR I wonder if there are step by step instructions to de-bug my Dell PC ? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44741
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    - cd rom drive everytime i insert a cd rom in my disc drive the drawer just keeps going in and out,it doe,s not read the information on the cd rom, could anyone give me some advice on this one? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44739
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    - What is "your-wg5n33dutv" I have recently installed a internet security package and it identified a "Invalid Source IP Address" coming from 255.255.255.255 (protocol icmp)and being sent to your- wg5n33dutv (followed by my currently assigned ip address). So I am being pinged. I checked with my ISP and they are not sending it. I ran Ad-Aware and removed all non-windows related spy ware. I have done a google search on this and found several articles refering to your-wg5n33dutv as a location that seems to store results of some form of data gathering. Is this some part of Windows XP or some of their spy software? I am confused how the source IP can be 255.255.255.255? Does anyone have any idea of what this is??? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Jeff Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44738
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    - MSN Groups Hacked & Taken Over Two MSN Group Communities were hacked into last Saturday. All admin managers were removed, posts monitored and pages deleted. I have provided complete information to Customer Support and the guy is simply operating both like he legitimately owns them. Nothin has been done to get the guy out of them. The MSN Pets & Animals Channel was actually initiated by MSN in 2001 and in 2002 they asked me to take ownership and run it, which have doen since Feb 2002.There are 7000 members wondering what is going on. Looking for a step above Customer Support and feeling very much like burgars took over my house and the police won't do anything about it. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44737
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    - Log On Password I have microsoft windows 98. When you turn the computer on and the you come to the log on page how can I have a password that works and does not get by passed by pressing the cancel button. Please Help Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44736
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    - What is System-Level Password? Hi, I'm looking for a definition of the following terminology: System Level Password. I'll appreciate if somebody can share any information related to it. Thanks, Edwin Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44733
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    - Local security policy win2k Hi all. I would like to set some restrictions to users who use stations running win2k in my netcafe (they are in a workgroup), so that users cannot install programs or run trojans on the computers. I set these restrictions in local security policy but after that the computers become unuseful and the user or admin cannot do even some ordinary tasks like running IE. I appriciate any help or comment. Cheers Behzad Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44732
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    - microsoft notice of license expiration I get a message that my Microsoft license has expired they want my credit card number and pin number any suggestions on how i can stop this message from notifying me every time I turn computer on. Thank you Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44730
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    - microsoft windows whenever i turn on computer i get message from Microsoft windows say License has expired. Then it ask for e mail address my name and address my credit dard number, pin number and expiration date. This just started over the week end. who or how can I contact someone to stop it thank you Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44729
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    - what is igmp? this is what is set inside "norton internet security": -options button... --firewall tab... ---advanced security settings... ----[_] block igmp ----[x] stealth blocked ports ----[x] permit all except suspected attacks what is igmp? (internet group management protocol) should this be set on? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44724
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    - how do i stop being watched while im on the net Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44721
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    - help okay my computer has been having some pop up problems and that has not been a big deal to me but it is also has been sending me messages that im being monitored can some one tell me what this means Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44720
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    - hotmail my hotmail have been hack into is there no way i can track down the hacker and put him under the law Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44719
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    - Open zip files? Can I get a virus just by opening a .zip file, without opening any of the files inside the zip file? Thanks -- Walter The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net - Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44718
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    - pop ups HI...... does anyone know if Internet Explorer has a setting in their browser to help eliminate some pop ups. If not can you tell me what would be the best why to stop these. They are actually driving me crazy. Thanks cutieputie Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44714
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    - Access 2000 Multi User I have Access 2000 running on a network with four stations connected to the server, each station has a copy of the software. When more than one user tries to access the application we receive an error that says she/he doesn't have exculsive rights. And when I look at the directory and file at that time there is a 'lock' icon on the file. I looked at the individual security parameters by station, but don't see anything that looks like it would prevent access by all users in a multi-user enviorement. Could this be at the server security level and the individual stations problem? Thanks Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44713
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    - Passfilt.dll on NT Server 4.0 H Just read about the use of passfilt.dll to enforce users to use strong passwords. Does anyone know if we set our DC's to use this dll will it effect the users existing passwords or will it just take effect the next time the users are required to change their passwords??? I don't want to cobble exting logins to the domain! Thanks in advance. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44711
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    - Internet Explorer Today I received a message from Internet Explorer(I have received these before without a problem) in a blue box which said that an error had been received and that the computer had to be closed down. It then gave two boxes; one said 'send error report' and the other said 'don't send'. I then chose one of the boxes and closed down the machine. I think that the error I made was to close down the machine myself rather than let the software do it! Anyway, I cannot get rid of this box and everytime I turn the computer on and try and try and get on the internet by using Internet Explorer the same message is received. I have pressed the request boxes to both send and don't a report and nothing changes. Will someone please tell me what to do. Many thanks. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44707
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    - attempted-recon Hello. My firewall shows an intrusion called "attempted-recon", the reference URL is http://www.whitehats.com/info/IDS311 and a description shows ICMP L3RetrieverPing. What is an attempted-recon? What information gives me a refernce URL concerning firewalls and what is an ICMP L3RetrieverPing? Thanks a lot for information about these topics! Greetings, Tim. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44706
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    - Authorisation failed I am attempting to get into a secure site from my home laptop. I can get into it when I am at work. I am using Internet Explorer as my browser (the same at work). However on my home laptop I get the message: Unauthorised: proper authorisation is required for the administration of this proxy. Either your browser does not perform authorisation or your authorisation has failed. Any ideas on this? Kind regards Laurence Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44705
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    - PPP protocol and Firewall Hello! On which port are connected 2 modems who communicate using PPP protocol ? One of them is waiting (host), but the other is dialing (client). I will install on the host computer with waiting modem software Firewall - for example Sygate. I will create a rule for allowing of TCP port which is used from the 2 computers for communication. But I don't know PPP protocol which port uses so that I can create a rule in Firewall for allowing of this port. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44702
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    - MHTML Redirection Patch? I got this vulnerability alert from bugtraq in November and MS hasn't released a patch for it yet. Setting active scripting to Prompt is the only work-around and is very frustrating to users, but I have no choice since the bug is so lethal. When will a patch for this vulnerability be released? Thanks. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/345614/2003-11- 23/2003-11-29/0 Aaron Geiger Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44699
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    - Firewall Protection I have Windows XP home edition loaded on my desktop. I recently added a Microsoft MN-7OO wireless base station and a wireless notebook adapter. When I installed this it told me to disable the Windows XP firewall. Does anyone know if that firewall should be turned back on or does the base station have a firewall also? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44697
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    - "Use this patch immediately" I've received a message claiming to be from security@microsoft.com titled "Use this patch immediately". It reads exactly as follows: Dear friend, use this Internet Explorer patch now! There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! More than 500,000 already infected! I figure that it is a virus, judging by the way it was worded. Anyway, I couldn't detect any virus through a scan of the e-mail. Any idea on what it may be before I just blow it away? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44683
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    - home page can anyone tell me why my home page keeps changing...everytime I go online theres another home page in it's place..please help.... Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44677
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    - Outlook Express- can't open attachments We recently had our computer rebuilt and have a new version of OE. I sent some files home (Excel, Word) from work, and OE won't allow me to access them. It says "OE removed access to the following unsafe attachments in your mail:". Any idea why this is happening and what we can do to change it? Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44671
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    - Is this legal? I play IL2 forgotten battles on Hyperlobby. I recently seen a host in the lobby that bannes players post their IP's...Provider...and User Name. Is this legal? What can someone do about this? Who to call or talk to? He has posted my IP about a month ago...and the more I think about it ...the madder I get. Thanks for any reponse Cya Scott .. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44660
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    - MSN Messenger I got kicked out I just reinstalled MSN Messeneger from the website, and a message came after awhile say "I've logged out because I've logged in at another location", this is bullshit as I'm the only one with the password "as far as I thought", and I changed my passwrod imidiatly to something totally different, and it happened again. Can anybody tell me why this happens? Thanks. Dj. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44657
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    - Architecture for multiple servers Hi All, I am about to upgrade our NT 4.0 servers with 2003 servers. I anticipate that I will have either 3 or 4 servers operational. One will be for Exchange, one for Oracle, one for Terminal Server connections, and a fourth for File sharing and storage. I may be able to squeeze the file storage to the Terminal Server, but not sure. Anyway, our current architecture is: public IP to Nortel Contivity box for VPN access public IP to NIC1 in exchange server private IP to NIC2 in exchange server exchange server performing proxy et al to the local network I would like to make this more secure. First, and foremost, I understand that by default 2003 server IIS is MUCH better than 4.0 was. My question is: should I have a hardware firewall put in place, and route the traffic based on ports? Should I have 2 NICs in the new exchange server? I want to do this one right, since I had no say in the original NT system we are currently using. Thanks for any input! Jerry Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44656
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    - xp home edition "lost " owner and password on my screen Our laptop computer came with xp home editions installed. Somebody set it up so I could click on my user name and I'm in. For some reason I have the half of the screen that tells me to click on user name, but my name on the right side is now missing. All I can do is cut the thing off. What's worse, the "expert" that set it up no longer works for us Anthony tells me " Do not Re-format with the operating program, if I install the c.d. Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44651
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    - microsoft outlook password how do i take out password from sending and receiving email Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44648
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    - Local Security Settings Pardon the newbie question here: How do I adjust the local users and groups security settings on a Windows 2003 server (it is part of a domain, but not a controller)? When I open the window for Local Secutiry Policy, the appropriate files appear, however, they have a padlock on them. I AM logging as the adminstrator as well. Thanks, Daniel Tag: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel Tag: 44643

Using Excel 2000 and after activating a macro in another
file, and now I cannot change any cells in the file I am
working in without putting in a password to unprotect the
worksheet. However, I never setup a password and I do not
know what the password is.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel by Lanwench

Lanwench
Thu Jan 29 10:08:19 CST 2004

Try an Excel group for best results.

Paul wrote:
> Using Excel 2000 and after activating a macro in another
> file, and now I cannot change any cells in the file I am
> working in without putting in a password to unprotect the
> worksheet. However, I never setup a password and I do not
> know what the password is.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Disabling passwords in Microsoft Excel by www_insider_org

www_insider_org
Fri Jan 30 11:17:07 CST 2004

"Paul" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<5fcb01c3e59d$84b163f0$a601280a@phx.gbl>...
> Using Excel 2000 and after activating a macro in another
> file, and now I cannot change any cells in the file I am
> working in without putting in a password to unprotect the
> worksheet. However, I never setup a password and I do not
> know what the password is.
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Try an Excel group, search google, or try here:

http://www.intertek.org.uk