Access db accessibility (permissions??)

I've inherited a visual basic (v6.0) app that uses an Access 2000 database. Supposedly the database isn't secure so it
doesn't matter who has access to it.

When I deployed the app + database my users can't open the database (W2K or XP). However, when they install the app +
database on their own personal systems they have no problems. But at work they can't get to the database. I've made
sure that Office 2000 is installed on their systems so that all the requisite components are present.

One thing I've been able to establish is that when they are given local administrator rights to their own systems the
app and the database work perfectly.

I know very little about Access; when the app was deployed the app executable and the mdb file were deployed. What
else needs to be done so that my users can use the database without having local administrator rights to their systems.
The Sys Admins are adamant about this.

I suspect that since as local administrators they can use the app + database that there's a permissions issue
somewhere, but I haven't a clue what or where to start.

any help is definitely appreciated.


TIA

cathy
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