Re: Loss of workgroup security database

First, try opening the file with your default MDW. You would be amazed at
how often the files are not really secured properly because someone skipped
a step.

You could also try creating a new database and importing all the objects
from your locked one. Again, this would depend on the file not being
properly secured, but it happens very often.

If that does not work, I think you would have to pay a data recovery
software company to "crack" it for you. There my also be software out there
that you can buy to do the trick.

--
Rick B



"Jeff H" <JeffH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:28EAEBCB-EC8D-4648-907E-DAF40F37418B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Am I correct in believing that if I lose the admin password for a
database,
> that is the username/password combination from the workgroup security file
> which was assigned admin rights to the database, the database can never be
> "unsecured"?
>
> To put it another way, do Domain, Enterprise, or other Domain security
> rights allow me to bypass the workgroup securty restrictions if there's a
> need to get into the database?
>
> thanks
>


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