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Score Application not found error
Casey Phillips - 20 Oct 2007 10:43 PM - 2 messages
I'm getting an error of applacition not found when i click on an link. What can i do to fix that i've been working on this issue for a while Thanks ...
Score Access 2007 user level security (lack thereof)
bill - 20 Oct 2007 4:54 PM - 8 messages
I have been developing Access database applications for many years, and naively relied on user level security extensively.  I just discovered that Microsoft has removed this capability from Access 2007, saving me many hours of exasperation, and eliminating the possibility ...
Score block code re-engineering
makoilija - 19 Oct 2007 11:19 AM - 2 messages
is MDE solution bullet proof code secure method with Access 2007 ? (how to totally block reverse engineering) Pekka Makkonen ...
Score users over network 2.
aaron b - 19 Oct 2007 4:02 AM - 3 messages
Hi again, thanks for the answers to my first post, very helpful. Another one for everyone, is it possible to use different .mdw files for different access projects?? This would be helpful as I want certain logins for one access project but ...
Score Deployment problem for secured Access 2000 apps - can I create shortcut automatically?
David Anderson - 18 Oct 2007 10:12 PM - 2 messages
The security FAQ (after some clarification from MVP Joan Wild) tells me that I have to create a desktop shortcut with Target text in the following format in order to invoke a secured Access 2000 application that does not use the ...
Score backups and missing info
berladybug - 18 Oct 2007 6:02 PM - 4 messages
There are several records missing or deleted (I do not know what happened to them) from the database. I created several backups of my database. I have a report that shows the missing records and when I open backups that is dated ...
Score How to prevent savy users from linking to BE tables?
worksfire1 - 18 Oct 2007 4:32 PM - 1 message
I have split a db to where each user has their own copy of the FE stored on their machine-thanks to Tony's Auto FE Updater utility.  Their .ini file/shortcut points to a network location in the Survey db's sub-folder FE ...
Score Read-only .accdb
FirstVette52 - 18 Oct 2007 4:32 PM - 1 message
I teach classes and need students to open database files as read-only users. Some students will be allowed unrestricted access (be given a password) to these same files, but I need to restrict others without passwords (open the Database as 'Read-only'.) They will need to select records and perform ...
Score Recently used files setting - Disable
bikemrh - 18 Oct 2007 3:06 PM - 2 messages
Is there another way to disable the Recently Used Files Setting for all users. What happens is I have security so shortcut keys don't work and also the Shift key when opening doesn't work. But if you go to File and click the file ...
Score Exclusive Use Error
Stan_B - 18 Oct 2007 12:35 PM - 4 messages
Using Access 2003 an error arises when attempting to open the db in exclusive mode -- the error: "the db is already open by someone else" -- but there are no other users -- I am the only one! Why is this happening?  and, What are ...
Score users over network
aaron b - 18 Oct 2007 2:07 AM - 3 messages
Hi all, I have currently set security (users and privileges) on my mdb and all is running well on my PC. however another user accesing the same mdb over the network cannot even attempt a logon, before getting an error message. The ...
Score Importing past VBA-password security?
steveyoder - 17 Oct 2007 9:44 PM - 1 message
Does anyone know how to programatically (or otherwise) do automated imports of objects with code(forms, reports) when the receiving .MDB has its code locked with the VB Project password -- other than simply removing the password, of course? I want the user to have a separate unlocked .mdb for personalized reports, ...
Score Error "Could Not Lock File"
PaulM - 17 Oct 2007 8:45 PM - 2 messages
I have several .mdb data files containing only tables that are shared by 4 or 5 users. Each user has an application file on their computer and each application is linked to the tables in the data.mdb file on the server. ...
Score How do I logoff a user who has been idle and left workstation?
Gina - 17 Oct 2007 7:44 PM - 2 messages
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Score Open database while holding down shift key
bikemrh - 17 Oct 2007 7:22 PM - 5 messages
I used the security wizard on my access database, and turned off shortcut keys so the users cannot change code, forms, queries, etc. One of my smarter staff found out that if you hold down the shift key when opening the ...
Score Access gone wild
Stella - 17 Oct 2007 5:48 PM - 2 messages
Hi.  I'm using Access2003 and need to secure it so I followed instructions on Tools -> security -> user-level security wizard.  I needed to create different workgroup and permission levels.  After I went through the wizard, ...
Score New users and security
Freehal04 - 17 Oct 2007 4:45 PM - 2 messages
I want to add a few more users to the users group.  Is this as simple as adding them in the users group or will this adversely affect the security and such.  Also, I need to split the DB and I was wondering if I should add the ...
Score cannot clear password with 2003 or 2007
Les Caudle - 17 Oct 2007 2:13 AM - 10 messages
I've got an mdb from a client I'm trying to upsize to SQL 2005. It was originally created in Access 2003. When I open the mdb using his system.mdw, while logged in as the user who created the db (full ownership of db and all objects), I cannot clear the ...
Score folder security nightmare to allow .ldb file deletion
Jerry Petron - 16 Oct 2007 7:54 PM - 7 messages
I read the following... "If you plan to share a database, the .mdb file should be located in a folder where users have read, write, create, and delete privileges." (from [link] Introduction to .ldb files in ...
Score Why can't I delete a user?
David Anderson - 16 Oct 2007 6:27 PM - 12 messages
I have just used the User-Level Security Wizard for the first time in Access 2000 and rapidly realised that this is not a trivial topic (as evidenced by the 47 numbered sections in the MS Access Security FAQ!). My first surprise was that it was not just the MDB file that I processed via ...
Score Permissions and Object Owners
Bridge - 16 Oct 2007 6:12 PM - 8 messages
Hi, all, I've got a secured Access 2003 db w/3 users set up as Admins.  The Admins also have Modify Design permission on all tables/queries.  For some reason, my database won't allow anyone in the Admins group other ...
Score Microsoft access cannot open this file
promatech1 - 16 Oct 2007 3:46 PM - 2 messages
When try6ing to open a database from the wwwroot directory on Inetpub on our intranet, an error occurs saying the file is not accessible.  The error message is as follows: 'This file is located outside your intranet or on an ...
Score Adding new user's password
natalie - 16 Oct 2007 3:16 PM - 3 messages
Apologizing in advance for my remedial question, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to ADD a new user and assign them a password to a secured database.  I added them to my groups and gave them their special permissions ...
Score Help with "savetheinformation" virus
MikeK - 16 Oct 2007 1:20 AM - 2 messages
Have been contaminated with a virus that continues launch Explorer and direct me to this site.  This virus has also modified the "restore" function and I cannot go back to get a version older than two weeks.  Has anyone beat this ...
Score Two Simple Questions on Security
Anthony Bollinger - 15 Oct 2007 8:13 PM - 5 messages
1. Does the standard security FAQ available from MS and other sources, which states it applies through Access 2000, apply equally to 2002 and 2003? 2. If I secure a database according to the security FAQ, how can I be sure ...
Score Permission should be permission, right?!?!
Bonnie A - 15 Oct 2007 4:06 PM - 7 messages
Hi everyone! Using A02 on XP. I have user level security working with multiple frontend DB's and one backend DB with ALL the tables.  One frontend DB is called Survey.mdb.  The main table, tSurveyAug2007 is in the backend DB ...
Score log.ftp
chandu-oct - 15 Oct 2007 5:43 AM - 1 message
find ftp log [attached file: log.FTP] ...
Score new release
chandu-oct - 15 Oct 2007 5:40 AM - 1 message
for testing ...
Score known issues in cecurity
chandu-oct - 15 Oct 2007 5:39 AM - 1 message
just for testing ...
Score PICTURES..
Milon - 15 Oct 2007 3:47 AM - 2 messages
How I can take Pictures in MS-Access and save with file name, date and hour? thanks. ...
Score Problem with joining workgroup information file
headly - 14 Oct 2007 11:35 PM - 2 messages
Created a secured database on my laptop; Copied database and secured workgroup info file to client's pc. The workgroup manager tool will not let me join the secured workgroup, throws an access denied error (do i require administrative privileges to join a workgroup?) The Access error message ...
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