Password Protection

[ralph]

I am running Excel 2003 under Windows XP Pro. I need to password an Excel
file. I understand how to do this. However there are many services on the
web offering to "recover" Excel passwords.
My question is: How secure is the Excel password system?
thanks

[Elkar]

The average user will be stopped by an Excel Password, but anyone who is
determined to get in, can do so fairly easily.

If security is that important, you might want to look into using Access or
some other application.

HTH,
Elkar


"ralph" wrote:

> I am running Excel 2003 under Windows XP Pro. I need to password an Excel
> file. I understand how to do this. However there are many services on the
> web offering to "recover" Excel passwords.
> My question is: How secure is the Excel password system?
> thanks
>
>
>

[Mark Lincoln]

If your file will be used by people who don't feel the need to crack
passwords, then the password system is very secure. However, anybody
who is both mischievious and has a clue will be able to crack it.