Re: Finding password protected files

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"Linn Kubler" <lkubler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I have been asked to identify all the password protected files on our
network and am wondering if someone might have an example?

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a commercial/shareware/freeware
utility for this? A quick Google search found a few utilities for
finding files like this but I know nothing about them. We are mostly
interested in Word, Excel and PowerPoint type files.

Thanks in advance,
Linn

Seeing that you frequently post questions in newsgroups, I suggest you
familiarise yourself with the concept of "cross-posting". You
multiposted this particular question, which causes duplication of effort
and is therefore much frowned upon - see here:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm.
Don't see the problem, this is a question that spans multiple
disciplains. Someone in this group might have had the answer but doesn't
read the other group or visa versa, how am I supposed to get the most
accurate information without cross posting? That's like saying it's Ok
to Google one web site but not another.

Sorry if I offended anyone, just trying to solve a problem.

Thanks for the help,
Linn

Sorry, you missed my point entirely. You did not *crosspost* - you
*multiposted*. Crossposting involves placing several newsgroup names into
the Address field so that everybody in every newsgroup can see your post
and reply to it. You did not do this - you created several independent
threads in different newsgroups so that respondents could not see the
replies from other newsgroups.

Please read the information once more in the link I gave you before. It
tells you clearly that crossposting, when done in moderation, is fine and
that multiposting causes duplication of effort.
Sorry, my mistake. Didn't realize that responding to a post in one group
would get crossposted to all the groups. Never realized the difference and
in this case, thought of posting to the other groups independantly of this
original post.

Thanks again,
Linn


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