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MS Access Forum / Security / January 2007how can recreate .mdw
I lost my .mdw file. no back ups. I am the admin. I know what my id and password was. can I create a new .mdw and add an account with the same ID and Password as the deleted file? how do I do that if this is going to work? thanks Al > I lost my .mdw file. no back ups. I am the admin. I know what my id > and password was. can I create a new .mdw and add an account with the > same ID and Password as the deleted file? how do I do that if this is > going to work? thanks > Al You also need the Workgroup ID you entered for the workgroup itself when you created it. Just having that for a user (even an admin user) is not enough.  SignatureRick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP Email (as appropriate) to... RBrandt at Hunter dot com If I was able to find the workgroup id. what do I need to do then? could you walk me through it, Please. thanks Al > > I lost my .mdw file. no back ups. I am the admin. I know what my id > > and password was. can I create a new .mdw and add an account with the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > You also need the Workgroup ID you entered for the workgroup itself when you > created it. Just having that for a user (even an admin user) is not enough. > If I was able to find the workgroup id. what do I need to do then? > could you walk me through it, Please. > thanks > Al You would use the workgroup administrator tool to create a new workgroup file. When creating the workgroup you would need to use the same WorkgroupID as the lost file. Then you would have to create at least one group or one user that has administrator permissions in the MDB and when creating those you would have to use the identical IDs that were used in the lost workgroup file. In all three cases when I say "ID" I do not mean the name. When any of these are created you are also asked to enter an ID that is separate from the name. If those are identical to those used in the lost file, then that workgroup should be able to be used to gain access to the MDB. SignatureRick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP Email (as appropriate) to... RBrandt at Hunter dot com "In all three cases when I say "ID" I do not mean the name. When any of these are created you are also asked to enter an ID that is separate from the name" ? do you mean the PID? I get the picture but I am not sure that I understand this particular statment. Al > > If I was able to find the workgroup id. what do I need to do then? > > could you walk me through it, Please. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > those are identical to those used in the lost file, then that workgroup should > be able to be used to gain access to the MDB. > "In all three cases when I say "ID" I do not mean the name. When > any of these are created you are also asked to enter an ID that is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > understand this particular statment. > Al Yes. Two MDW files named Secured.MDW, both containing a group MyAdmins and a user MyAdmin will not be considered the same by Access unless the PIDs are identical. I don't recall if the names ALSO need to be identical or if the PID is all that matters, but the PIDs definitely do need to be the same. SignatureRick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP Email (as appropriate) to... RBrandt at Hunter dot com Actually you don't need the workgroup ID. As long as you have the username and PID of a user that was a member of the Admins Group (or better still the owner), you should be OK. Open Access, and go to Tools, Workgroup Administrator, and click on Create - create a new workgroup file (that will also join you to it as the default). Close Access, and reopen it. Add the username and PID to this workgroup file. SignatureJoan Wild Microsoft Access MVP > > "In all three cases when I say "ID" I do not mean the name. When any of [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> should >> be able to be used to gain access to the MDB. |
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