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How do I remove my security.mdw file from my database?

Author
8 Aug 2006 12:42 AM
Anna Predslava
I ran the MS Access 'User Level Security Wizard' on our in house
database. My manager did not like the users having to login. He hates
the login screen and wants the users to be able to access the database
again by simply clicking the MDB file.

Does anyone know how to remove the users/workgroup level security?
that mdw is killing me, my users do not use passwords anyways.

Please Help!

Anna

Author
8 Aug 2006 12:50 AM
Rick Brandt
Anna Predslava wrote:
> I ran the MS Access 'User Level Security Wizard' on our in house
> database. My manager did not like the users having to login. He hates
> the login screen and wants the users to be able to access the database
> again by simply clicking the MDB file.
>
> Does anyone know how to remove the users/workgroup level security?
> that mdw is killing me, my users do not use passwords anyways.
>
> Please Help!
>
> Anna

Open Access and login as a user with administer permissions then open your file.
In your file grant full permissions to all objects to the Users group.

Close Access and then open using the default System.MDW workgroup file.  You
might need to use the workgroup administrator to re-join that group first.

Open a new empty file and then use File - Get External Data to import all
objects from your original file.  The resulting file will be identical to one
that never had security.

All of your users will need to rejoin System.MDW as their default if that is not
already the case.

--
Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt   at   Hunter   dot   com
Author
8 Aug 2006 4:31 PM
Anna Predslava
Rick,
That did the trick. Thank you very much.
Anna


Rick Brandt wrote:
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> Anna Predslava wrote:
> > I ran the MS Access 'User Level Security Wizard' on our in house
> > database. My manager did not like the users having to login. He hates
> > the login screen and wants the users to be able to access the database
> > again by simply clicking the MDB file.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to remove the users/workgroup level security?
> > that mdw is killing me, my users do not use passwords anyways.
> >
> > Please Help!
> >
> > Anna
>
> Open Access and login as a user with administer permissions then open your file.
> In your file grant full permissions to all objects to the Users group.
>
> Close Access and then open using the default System.MDW workgroup file.  You
> might need to use the workgroup administrator to re-join that group first.
>
> Open a new empty file and then use File - Get External Data to import all
> objects from your original file.  The resulting file will be identical to one
> that never had security.
>
> All of your users will need to rejoin System.MDW as their default if that is not
> already the case.
>
> --
> Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
> Email (as appropriate) to...
> RBrandt   at   Hunter   dot   com