Re: Use Level Security lockout

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Access' UserLevel Security requires both a database file (MDB) and a
workgroup file (.MDW) to function. If your application
(PeopleScheduler) is a standalone app, it may be silently using the
MDW to open your database with some specialized permissions. Or you
may already be logging onto the MDW by supplying the appropriate
username and password???

First thing I would do is to look on the computer for the MDW file and
see if I could use it to open the MDB with the correct credentials.

Failing that, there are a number of Access password crackers that you
could purchase to open the database. Google for "access password
cracker". I believe these programs typically offer a trial version
that returns a portion of the username and password before purchasing
the full version.

Once you're able to open the database, you could move the data into an
unsecured copy of the MDB.

Here are a number of links about security:

http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie/resources.html#Security


On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 12:54:01 -0700, Herb <Junior1957@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I have an old application called PeopleScheduler that uses an Access database
which is locked at the user level. The application is soooo old that it no
longer runs on WinXP and the vendor is long out of business.

I want to get access to the data but am having trouble with the user-level
security, which I know nothing about. There is an MDB file that contains the
tables and an MDA file that really doesn't look like it contains anything.

When I try to open the tables in the MDB i get the error "cannot read
definitions; no read definitions permissions for table XYZ".

Is there a method to getting this to open or a program that will help me
crack the security so I can get access to the data.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Herb

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