As the administrator on home pc I can no longer login. What 2do?

23 Jul 2006 9:27 PM

dancingjunkie

I recently added security to a file but now I'm not able to gain access to
any of my files. When the pop-up box asks for my password, it doesn't
recognize it. How can I undo the mess I've created and get back into my
files?

24 Jul 2006 11:30 AM

Scott McDaniel

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:27:01 -0700, dancingjunkie <dancingjun***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I recently added security to a file but now I'm not able to gain access to
>any of my files. When the pop-up box asks for my password, it doesn't
>recognize it. How can I undo the mess I've created and get back into my
>files?

Do you mean you added User Level Security to an Access database? If so, then you've probably joined a workgroup on your
machine. To check this, open Access and click Tools - Security - Workgroup Administrator. See what workgroup you're
joined to. It should be "system.mdw"

If it's not, do a File Search to locate the system.mdw file - you may find several, try the one in WINNT/System32 first
- and join it using the Workgroup Administrator.

Before implementing security, thoroughly read and understand the Access ULS FAQs. Joan Wild has a link to them on her
site:

www.jmwild.com

Scott McDaniel
scott@takemeout_infotrakker.com
www.infotrakker.com

24 Jul 2006 12:58 PM

Joan Wild

This newsgroup is about security in Access, the database product. You
should ask your question in a newsgroup about Windows.

If you are referring to Access, is the dialog asking for just a password or
username/password?

--
Joan Wild
Microsoft Access MVP

dancingjunkie wrote:

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> I recently added security to a file but now I'm not able to gain
> access to any of my files. When the pop-up box asks for my password,
> it doesn't recognize it. How can I undo the mess I've created and
> get back into my files?