Encrypted Files Won't Open

May 27, 2008

Hi,

I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I saved

it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for a

password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is there

something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

--

Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

May 27, 2008

Re: Encrypted Files Won't Open

I suggest you ask this question over on one of the Office forums. This is

the 64-bit newsgroup and we're here to help people having problems specific

to 64-bit Windows.

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:89F85A02-BC1E-4416-965B-48BE4C679DE0@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I

> saved

> it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for a

> password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is there

> something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

> --

> Denise

>

> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> going.

May 27, 2008

Re: Encrypted Files Won't Open

ok, thanks

--

Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> I suggest you ask this question over on one of the Office forums. This is

> the 64-bit newsgroup and we're here to help people having problems specific

> to 64-bit Windows.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:89F85A02-BC1E-4416-965B-48BE4C679DE0@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,

> >

> > I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I

> > saved

> > it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for a

> > password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is there

> > something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

> > --

> > Denise

> >

> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> > going.

>

May 27, 2008

RE: Encrypted Files Won't Open

Denise,

I know this advice comes rather late.

Never, ever, keep important data in a floppy.

Don't know why but my floppies tend to have read problems lately (and it is

not a faulty floppy drive)

I also have my passwords in an encrypted *.doc and I use a 14 character

password for the encryption and save the doc both to my hard disk AND my pen

drive (for portability reasons).

Carlos

"Denise" wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I saved

> it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for a

> password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is there

> something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

> --

> Denise

>

> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

May 27, 2008

Re: Encrypted Files Won't Open

Floppies are notoriously unreliable. And if it weren't for the need to have

one around to load drivers with F6 (almost gone, but not quite), I'd get rid

of my last one.

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8FF2264A-984B-4F0E-BF59-C372DD81C207@microsoft.com...

> Denise,

> I know this advice comes rather late.

> Never, ever, keep important data in a floppy.

> Don't know why but my floppies tend to have read problems lately (and it

> is

> not a faulty floppy drive)

> I also have my passwords in an encrypted *.doc and I use a 14 character

> password for the encryption and save the doc both to my hard disk AND my

> pen

> drive (for portability reasons).

> Carlos

>

> "Denise" wrote:

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I

>> saved

>> it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for a

>> password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is there

>> something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

>> --

>> Denise

>>

>> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

>> going.

May 28, 2008

Re: Encrypted Files Won't Open

I print a copy of the list so that I can write in passwords for new

websites/password changes. When the list gets a lot of updates, I update the

floppy. Since Windows 95, I've never had a problem with a floppy disk (knock

on wood) and I use them to backup my documents at work (I'm talking hundreds

of disks). When a correction is made to the original, I pop the floppy in

and copy the updated file to it.

It sounds as if floppy disk failures are a common occurrence but I've never

had one go bad (knock on wood again). In any event, since I have a printout

(several to be exact), I don't worry about the floppy going bad.

I went to the Microsoft Office forum and it was suggested that I need to

open the encrypted file on the same computer. I'm using the same computer

but I just updated from Office 2005 to Enterprise 2007, so that's where the

problem lies.

Thanks for your advice.

--

Denise

~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going.

"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> Floppies are notoriously unreliable. And if it weren't for the need to have

> one around to load drivers with F6 (almost gone, but not quite), I'd get rid

> of my last one.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:8FF2264A-984B-4F0E-BF59-C372DD81C207@microsoft.com...

> > Denise,

> > I know this advice comes rather late.

> > Never, ever, keep important data in a floppy.

> > Don't know why but my floppies tend to have read problems lately (and it

> > is

> > not a faulty floppy drive)

> > I also have my passwords in an encrypted *.doc and I use a 14 character

> > password for the encryption and save the doc both to my hard disk AND my

> > pen

> > drive (for portability reasons).

> > Carlos

> >

> > "Denise" wrote:

> >

> >> Hi,

> >>

> >> I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I

> >> saved

> >> it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for a

> >> password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is there

> >> something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

> >> --

> >> Denise

> >>

> >> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> >> going.

>

May 28, 2008

Re: Encrypted Files Won't Open

Denise,

It is high time for you to dump those hundreds of floppies and backup your

data to a pen drive or USB hard disk.

Both are cheap, portable and reliable.

:)

Carlos

"Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje de

noticias news:F5ECDC90-5D27-487C-A321-4D2F9DA4E156@microsoft.com...

>I print a copy of the list so that I can write in passwords for new

> websites/password changes. When the list gets a lot of updates, I update

> the

> floppy. Since Windows 95, I've never had a problem with a floppy disk

> (knock

> on wood) and I use them to backup my documents at work (I'm talking

> hundreds

> of disks). When a correction is made to the original, I pop the floppy in

> and copy the updated file to it.

>

> It sounds as if floppy disk failures are a common occurrence but I've

> never

> had one go bad (knock on wood again). In any event, since I have a

> printout

> (several to be exact), I don't worry about the floppy going bad.

>

> I went to the Microsoft Office forum and it was suggested that I need to

> open the encrypted file on the same computer. I'm using the same computer

> but I just updated from Office 2005 to Enterprise 2007, so that's where

> the

> problem lies.

>

> Thanks for your advice.

> --

> Denise

>

> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> going.

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

>

>> Floppies are notoriously unreliable. And if it weren't for the need to

>> have

>> one around to load drivers with F6 (almost gone, but not quite), I'd get

>> rid

>> of my last one.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>

>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:8FF2264A-984B-4F0E-BF59-C372DD81C207@microsoft.com...

>> > Denise,

>> > I know this advice comes rather late.

>> > Never, ever, keep important data in a floppy.

>> > Don't know why but my floppies tend to have read problems lately (and

>> > it

>> > is

>> > not a faulty floppy drive)

>> > I also have my passwords in an encrypted *.doc and I use a 14 character

>> > password for the encryption and save the doc both to my hard disk AND

>> > my

>> > pen

>> > drive (for portability reasons).

>> > Carlos

>> >

>> > "Denise" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Hi,

>> >>

>> >> I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I

>> >> saved

>> >> it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for

>> >> a

>> >> password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is

>> >> there

>> >> something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

>> >> --

>> >> Denise

>> >>

>> >> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

>> >> going.

>>

May 28, 2008

Re: Encrypted Files Won't Open

And it's a LOT faster. ;)

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Carlos" <atashian01@remove_the_obvious_hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:unWIckNwIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Denise,

> It is high time for you to dump those hundreds of floppies and backup your

> data to a pen drive or USB hard disk.

> Both are cheap, portable and reliable.

> :)

> Carlos

>

> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje de

> noticias news:F5ECDC90-5D27-487C-A321-4D2F9DA4E156@microsoft.com...

>>I print a copy of the list so that I can write in passwords for new

>> websites/password changes. When the list gets a lot of updates, I update

>> the

>> floppy. Since Windows 95, I've never had a problem with a floppy disk

>> (knock

>> on wood) and I use them to backup my documents at work (I'm talking

>> hundreds

>> of disks). When a correction is made to the original, I pop the floppy

>> in

>> and copy the updated file to it.

>>

>> It sounds as if floppy disk failures are a common occurrence but I've

>> never

>> had one go bad (knock on wood again). In any event, since I have a

>> printout

>> (several to be exact), I don't worry about the floppy going bad.

>>

>> I went to the Microsoft Office forum and it was suggested that I need to

>> open the encrypted file on the same computer. I'm using the same

>> computer

>> but I just updated from Office 2005 to Enterprise 2007, so that's where

>> the

>> problem lies.

>>

>> Thanks for your advice.

>> --

>> Denise

>>

>> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

>> going.

>>

>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

>>

>>> Floppies are notoriously unreliable. And if it weren't for the need to

>>> have

>>> one around to load drivers with F6 (almost gone, but not quite), I'd get

>>> rid

>>> of my last one.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Charlie.

>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

>>>

>>> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>> news:8FF2264A-984B-4F0E-BF59-C372DD81C207@microsoft.com...

>>> > Denise,

>>> > I know this advice comes rather late.

>>> > Never, ever, keep important data in a floppy.

>>> > Don't know why but my floppies tend to have read problems lately (and

>>> > it

>>> > is

>>> > not a faulty floppy drive)

>>> > I also have my passwords in an encrypted *.doc and I use a 14

>>> > character

>>> > password for the encryption and save the doc both to my hard disk AND

>>> > my

>>> > pen

>>> > drive (for portability reasons).

>>> > Carlos

>>> >

>>> > "Denise" wrote:

>>> >

>>> >> Hi,

>>> >>

>>> >> I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when

>>> >> I

>>> >> saved

>>> >> it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me

>>> >> for a

>>> >> password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is

>>> >> there

>>> >> something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

>>> >> --

>>> >> Denise

>>> >>

>>> >> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

>>> >> going.

>>>

>

May 28, 2008

Re: Encrypted Files Won't Open

Backing up my files to floppy disks was the procedure where I used to work

(for 13 years). I started with DOS and then installed Windows 95. The

computer had the 6" floppies. I was given a new pc a few years later and

installed Windows 98 and started using the 3.5" floppies. I don't work there

any longer but I couldn't change the procedure. On my own pc, I have 18 ext

hdds, some for originals and some for backups. I'll tell you though, I have

more probs with my ext hdds than I did with floppies, but backing up to

floppies isn't practical for my personal files at home.

--

Denise

~ If you don''t know where you came from, you won''t know where you''re going.

"Carlos" wrote:

> Denise,

> It is high time for you to dump those hundreds of floppies and backup your

> data to a pen drive or USB hard disk.

> Both are cheap, portable and reliable.

> :)

> Carlos

>

> "Denise" <Denise@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje de

> noticias news:F5ECDC90-5D27-487C-A321-4D2F9DA4E156@microsoft.com...

> >I print a copy of the list so that I can write in passwords for new

> > websites/password changes. When the list gets a lot of updates, I update

> > the

> > floppy. Since Windows 95, I've never had a problem with a floppy disk

> > (knock

> > on wood) and I use them to backup my documents at work (I'm talking

> > hundreds

> > of disks). When a correction is made to the original, I pop the floppy in

> > and copy the updated file to it.

> >

> > It sounds as if floppy disk failures are a common occurrence but I've

> > never

> > had one go bad (knock on wood again). In any event, since I have a

> > printout

> > (several to be exact), I don't worry about the floppy going bad.

> >

> > I went to the Microsoft Office forum and it was suggested that I need to

> > open the encrypted file on the same computer. I'm using the same computer

> > but I just updated from Office 2005 to Enterprise 2007, so that's where

> > the

> > problem lies.

> >

> > Thanks for your advice.

> > --

> > Denise

> >

> > ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> > going.

> >

> > "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:

> >

> >> Floppies are notoriously unreliable. And if it weren't for the need to

> >> have

> >> one around to load drivers with F6 (almost gone, but not quite), I'd get

> >> rid

> >> of my last one.

> >>

> >> --

> >> Charlie.

> >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

> >>

> >> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:8FF2264A-984B-4F0E-BF59-C372DD81C207@microsoft.com...

> >> > Denise,

> >> > I know this advice comes rather late.

> >> > Never, ever, keep important data in a floppy.

> >> > Don't know why but my floppies tend to have read problems lately (and

> >> > it

> >> > is

> >> > not a faulty floppy drive)

> >> > I also have my passwords in an encrypted *.doc and I use a 14 character

> >> > password for the encryption and save the doc both to my hard disk AND

> >> > my

> >> > pen

> >> > drive (for portability reasons).

> >> > Carlos

> >> >

> >> > "Denise" wrote:

> >> >

> >> >> Hi,

> >> >>

> >> >> I saved all my passwords to a floppy disk and encrypted the doc when I

> >> >> saved

> >> >> it. I used Microsoft Office 2007 Blue Edition. It never asked me for

> >> >> a

> >> >> password. I just tried to open the document and it won't open. Is

> >> >> there

> >> >> something else I can do? The list is 3 pages long.

> >> >> --

> >> >> Denise

> >> >>

> >> >> ~ If you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're

> >> >> going.

> >>

>

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