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BEFORE YOU proceed, read the following paragraphs! You should have your computer at the original state, if you have done other tweaks, undo them. Use Disk Defragmenter before and after these tweaks and ALWAYS backup.

XP can be crabby at times. If you corrupt your registry, you will lose access to everything and have to wipe and reinstall. BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY, BACK UP YOUR DATA, BACK IT UP AGAIN, DOWNLOAD IT, EMAIL IT TO YOURSELF OR BACK IT UP TO AN EXTERNAL HARDDRIVE OR OTHER DRIVE. I won’t be responsible for any damage you do to your computer by the following tutorials. You have been warned.

Ever needed to change a document that you passworded and forgot the password? Need to help someone else get into their documents? Here’s an easy crack it if you are using a newer versions of Word:

Word documents how to hack a password

In XP or 2003, hit the keys [Alt]+[Shift]+[F11] key combination. – this will take you directly into the guts of the document, known as the Microsoft Script Editor. Search for the word “Password” and you will two lines that look similar to this: <w:DocumentProtection>ReadOnly</w:DocumentProtection>
<w:UnprotectPassword>19E8E61E</w:UnprotectPassword>

If you remove both of those lines (everything between the < and >), save the file, the protection or password is gone!