Wednesday, January 28, 2009

PDF Password Finder Tips

PDFs come in all shapes and sizes. You can have your own PDF documents that you create to send to work colleagues and you can buy PDF files in the form of eBooks. Many eBooks come encrypted with a password so that only those people who have actually purchased them can have access to them. But if you lose that password then you have no way of accessing the eBook and you need to download or buy a PDF password finder program.

Before you lose all hope, first do a quick mental inventory. It is surprising what can suddenly spring to mind if we think carefully. Are you sure you don't remember the lost password? If you received the PDF file from a colleague, do they always use a certain password? Or a certain theme? One of my colleagues always uses her children's names! Not very secure I know, but really useful if you have forgotten the password from one of her files!

If all else fails, then you have no choice. A quick search of the internet will reveal a multitude of software which is available to help you to recover your lost password. Many of these programs come in a demo or trial version. Once you have downloaded one then it is usually a question of following some easy instructions to help you recover the password.

But demonstration versions can be annoying in that they don't always have full functionality. It may only recover the first part of the password or just one or two of the random letter. A PDF password finder I used once only let me see the first letter of a forgotten password with no hint of the length of the word! Not so helpful! Especially when you are stressed, your brain completely stops working!

If this is the case and the one letter fails to jog your memory, then try the next piece of software on your list or pay up to download the full version. And next time, write that password down somewhere!

Tips to Help You Remove a Password From Your PDF Files

PDF files are portable document files. They are ideal if you want to keep your document exactly as it is with all the images and fonts in the right places. They are sort of like a photocopier for your document. You can send your document exactly as it is without having to send extra images or information. They are quite easy to password protect and remove.

These days we have so many passwords to remember. Passwords for our bank accounts, our favourite forums, our social sites. It is very easy to forget these passwords. It is the same with our PDF files. If we forget the password of these files then we are stuck with a file which we have no way of changing. The information will stay exactly as it is and if there is a mistake in the file, you will have no option but to start all over again and create a completely new file.

Luckily, there are some ways to help to remove the password. If you have a PDF printer you could try to print the document to the printer. This does not involve actually printing the document on paper. It is a way of turning normal text documents into PDF documents. By printing the document to the PDF printer you could create a passford-free document that will allow you to make the changes you need.

This will probably only let you alter the image locations, not to actually change the text content. If you need to correct spelling mistakes and change the actual content you need to download one of the PDF creators.

There are many of these available. Once you have downloaded one of these, then it is a simple case of using it to open up your file and save it again as a file which is password free.

Do You Really Need a Laptop Backup Software Program

As more workers work off-site and travel to multiple location there is an increasing amount of files that needs to be backed up. Acquiring an efficient laptop backup software program for the remote and off site employee is very crucial.Enterprises that are anticipating that their traditional backup software program to be able to cover the ever expanding remote workers are not heedful of the difficulties that users will encounter.

Significant resources and committed trusted networks are involved to make legacy backup software programs work. Software Programs that have been developed from older server dependent backup software has not considered is that special needs of the laptop user. Off-site workers are searching for a backup program that is resource friendly and that are a snap to set up.

The six most key attributes for the remote worker need to be taken into account when looking for a laptop backup software system. If backup software is not automated and simple to use most workers will not do this chore. The backup solution that you need to purchase must be automated. What the user is required to do must be effortless and no more than a handful of things they must do. Using simple instructions like run this backup every 4 hours and use no more than 10% of my bandwidth lets the user set the requirements and increases user confidence in the software. Look for a software program that is controlled in its use of the employees laptop. If a backup software uses up the system resources, the workers computer will slow down to a crawl and create many unhappy users.

Most backup software programs has not grown to the level that is user friendly for most users. When backing up remote laptop computers it is crucial that the software used take very few system resources to work. Being able to set simple options like preventing the backup when the laptop is on battery power or setting the maximum percentage that it can use of the CPU or bandwidth available can make the difference between workers using the backup software and avoiding it when possible.

It is extremely helpful if the software is WAN and Bandwidth optimized. Many companies have a good number of mobile employee that need a good backup solution. Being WAN or internet ready the backup solution helps protect the files from all these moblie workers. The user should be able to choose a bandwidth like 10% of the available bandwidth and the backup software should just work, even over the weakest internet connections. If the backup software does not use all or most of the system resources the worker is able to continue working.One of the things that companies have a concern about when using a WAN or VPN is security. Although most backup solutions are server implemented if the backups were client triggered the server firewalls would just allow and monitor the inbound traffic. Encrypted or authenticated sessions can allow secure backups by using SSL in a browser based software solution.

Large files like Outbook PST have made it imperitive that the backup software allow for incremental backups. If only the changed bits are copied to the server then the backup can be completed more quickly therefore incremental backups is an important feature to look for.

How your workers work should determine which backup solution you choose. Requiring an email to be sent to admin to get your files back is a real pain for users especially if the user is off-stie or traveling. Whatever your backup solution it should be capable of facilitating an intelligently based remote secure files restoration.

Keep your users in mind by following the above recommendations when you choose a backup system.

For more information on how to best use a Laptop Backup Software program for your company please visit http://www.druvaa.com/

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