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SysAdmin passwd for Quicken Pro unknown

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by rewind79

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One of my contract jobs is for a bussinessman who let his bookkeeper go. He did this before getting the System Admin password for Quicken Pro 2001 for one of his profit centers. There is some hard feelings there and the password will NOT be provided.

Is there a known way to hack the password from a specific *.QBW file? Going forward, I will be giving him the System Admin password and setting up User levels to prevent this in the future.

I was able to view the QBW file w/ the MORE commandand saw in CAPS the word "MAUI" which should not be a known category or account or anything. The bookkeeper did take a trip there in the last year or so. But MAUI by itself wasn't working. I tried speaking "friend" but that didn't work either.

Oris there just simply a reset that's available to the registered owner of the software from Inuit?

Any help or direction is appreciated. Thanks.

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by rewind79

007,
It was encouraging to know that such tools exist. However in my haste I incorrectly typed Quicken when I meant, of course, QuickBooks Pro 2001. I looked around at the ebolaviruscrew site and was unable to find a similar tool for Quickbooks. Any ideas?

I will increase the Tech Points for your trouble.

by jb007

Have just sent you the link to the site to the winstar7@home.com address.

regards,

jb

by rewind79

This was actually an unlock for a demo version. Running it seems to have completely reset the software to thinking it is not at all registered, and now I have only a few uses left before it runs out. Sigh!

by tclere

If you are in the US, I am sure that this is illegal and the individual holding the password could be prosecuted. I am sure the person would shell it out with the first hint of prosecution.

by rewind79

Yes! How good to have that last paycheck waiting as "ransom!" Password word was given in exchange for the check. Still have the above problem, but backup the data, reload the software and restore the orignal data files & will be all set.

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