"Maria needs help" <Maria needs h***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:105BE662-D5DC-4470-855E-0319A35F06FB@microsoft.com...
> For a reason unknown to me, Access now requires me to log in  before doing
> anything. I did not set up any permissions and I am the only one using the
> program (on a personal computer). I cannot do anything at all... cannot
> create a new file, cannot open a template... nothing. Everything requires
> a
> log in which I do not have. I have even uninstalled and clean installed
> the
> program to try to fix it and that did not work either.  Can someone please
> help me access my Access??

"Faisal [MSFT]" wrote:

> update your Anti-virus signatures and anti-spyware and run a deep scan. You
> might be infected.
>
> "Maria needs help" <Maria needs h***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:105BE662-D5DC-4470-855E-0319A35F06FB@microsoft.com...
> > For a reason unknown to me, Access now requires me to log in  before doing
> > anything. I did not set up any permissions and I am the only one using the
> > program (on a personal computer). I cannot do anything at all... cannot
> > create a new file, cannot open a template... nothing. Everything requires
> > a
> > log in which I do not have. I have even uninstalled and clean installed
> > the
> > program to try to fix it and that did not work either.  Can someone please
> > help me access my Access??
>
>
>

> For a reason unknown to me, Access now requires me to log in  before
> doing anything. I did not set up any permissions and I am the only
> one using the program (on a personal computer). I cannot do anything
> at all... cannot create a new file, cannot open a template...
> nothing. Everything requires a log in which I do not have. I have
> even uninstalled and clean installed the program to try to fix it and
> that did not work either.  Can someone please help me access my
> Access??

"Joan Wild" wrote:

> What version of Access? I'm assuming 2000 or 2002 or 2003.
>
> Is it prompting for a username and password or just a password?  I'm
> assuming the former.
>
> Do a search on your computer (Start, Search) for *.mdw.
>
> Whatever ones you find, rename them eg. system.mdw change to system1.mdw.
>
> Now open Access and see if you can open anything.
>
> --
> Joan Wild
> Microsoft Access MVP
>
> Maria needs help wrote:
> > For a reason unknown to me, Access now requires me to log in  before
> > doing anything. I did not set up any permissions and I am the only
> > one using the program (on a personal computer). I cannot do anything
> > at all... cannot create a new file, cannot open a template...
> > nothing. Everything requires a log in which I do not have. I have
> > even uninstalled and clean installed the program to try to fix it and
> > that did not work either.  Can someone please help me access my
> > Access??
>
>
>

> That worked. Thank you so much! Can you tell me why that would have
> happened so I better understand the problem for future reference?
>
> Maria
>
> "Joan Wild" wrote:
>
>> What version of Access? I'm assuming 2000 or 2002 or 2003.
>>
>> Is it prompting for a username and password or just a password?  I'm
>> assuming the former.
>>
>> Do a search on your computer (Start, Search) for *.mdw.
>>
>> Whatever ones you find, rename them eg. system.mdw change to
>> system1.mdw.
>>
>> Now open Access and see if you can open anything.
>>
>> --
>> Joan Wild
>> Microsoft Access MVP
>>
>> Maria needs help wrote:
>>> For a reason unknown to me, Access now requires me to log in  before
>>> doing anything. I did not set up any permissions and I am the only
>>> one using the program (on a personal computer). I cannot do anything
>>> at all... cannot create a new file, cannot open a template...
>>> nothing. Everything requires a log in which I do not have. I have
>>> even uninstalled and clean installed the program to try to fix it
>>> and that did not work either.  Can someone please help me access my
>>> Access??