Re: Removing password-protected

Arka:

Interestingly, using the Help button in the warning box to which you refer
does not provide a huge amout of extra help, but it does say "If you save a
project to the Project 2003 MPP format, you may lose some data in areas where
Office Project 2007 contains enhanced functionality."

One area of 2007 enhanced functionality is the ability to have a background
colour in table cells. One might logically assume that a file saved in 2003
format would therefore not show any such shading when reopened.

This is, however, not the case. If the file saved in 2003 format is opened
(in 2007) then that feature is preserved.

"arka" wrote:

Hi Julie,

Thank you for your help. Well I guess the only way to remove the password is
by saving it as you said to the 2000-2003 format .mpp, however, a warning box
shows up saying some features of 2007 will be lost. In my case, that's OK,
but I wonder what exactly is lost....is it the new feature in 2007? I'm not
sure.

Just out of the blue I did removed the password and saved it to 2003 format
and was able to open it without the password (I opened with Project 2007
since I don't have Project 2003), and then I saved it again this time to 2007
format, overwrite it, and failed to reopened it. I guess the lost feature is
in fact the interoperability of password protection between the 2003 and 2007
format.

For now, I'll just stay away from using password. I would instead use a
winrar/winzip with password on it for safety.

regards,
arkka

"JulieS" wrote:

Hi arka,

I did get your email and I must say, I ran into the problem you note.
I could not remove the password. I was able to remove the password by
saving as a Project 2003 file. I stepped through the process of File
> Save As, removing the **** on both the write reservation and general
password, then chose a Project 2002-2003 file format.

That did effectively remove both passwords. I can then open and
continue working on the file in Project 2007 and save as a 2007 file.

I'm afraid I can't answer the "why" however the process worked with
both your file and one that Dytham sent along as well.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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about Microsoft Project



"arka" <arka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi JulieS,

I sent you an email with the zipped .mpp file attached.
I hope it's not because of the different version of Project 2007
that is
causing this "unerased" password malfunction.

regards,
arkka

"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Arka,

Thanks for the details. I really cannot explain what is going on.
I've stepped through creating and removing passwords in MS Project
2007 and cannot reproduce either your error or the error that
Dytham
has noted. I'll offer the same to you as I did to him. Zip the
file
and email to me. I'll see if I can remove the password. My email
address is prjng AT maine.rr.com

What OS are you using?

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project

"arka" <arka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi JulieS thanks for the reply but I still cannot remove the
password.

To clarify this is what I did:

Launch MS Office Project 2007 > File > New > name it New Project
1 >
do some
task n resource insertion > File > Save As > Tools > General
Options
> under
Protection Password I put 1234 > under Write Reservation Password
i
put 1234
click OK > close MS Project 2007 > reopen MS Project 2007 > File
>
Open >
file New Project 1 > it asks for password so I put 1234 > it
opens
up > File
Save As > Tools > General Options > i remove the password under
Protection
Password and Write Reservation Password > click OK > click Save >
it
says do
i want to overwrite existing file I choose Yes > i close MS
Project
2007 >
reopen MS > and it still asks for password even though I removed
it
and saved
the file under the same name overwriting it but the password
still
remains.
any solution? thanks.

"JulieS" wrote:

Hello arka,

Are you unable to remove a password on a newly created file or
is
the
problem only with one specific file? I have not been able to
reproduce the problem either with files create in Project 2003
and
opened in 2007, nor files created in Project 2007 and opened in
2007.

Let us know.

Julie



"arka" <arka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I want to add,

I installed MS Office Project 2007 SP1. I was hoping that this
time
I can
remove the password. But NO. still doesn't work. the password
remains
everytime I open it. Yes of course I know the password I made
it
myself 1234.
Changing the password works just fine, but removing it seems
to
be a
mystery.
Someone else in this discussion group said it's a bug others
say
to
go tell a
friend and have a hacker remove it. any thoughts?

"arka" wrote:

I created a password-protected for both read and write
ability
but
now I want
to remove them all. I tried going to Tools > General Options
>
and
removing
the **** for both read and write > Save > Close > reopen but
it
still ask for
the passwords. I want to remove all passwords how to? please
help
thanks.









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