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MS Access Forum / Security / December 2007Cannot convert or enable database
I am trying to open a database designed in Access 97 and am getting the message "The Current user account doesn't have permission to convert or enable this database". I have tried the resolutions suggested at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288960/ but I cannot get the database to open. The KB states to "Remove the Admin account from the Admins group" but Access won't let me do this. Nothing else in the article works. I tried to import the objects into a new database but I only get the tables and queries. When I try to import the forms and reports I get the message "You don't have permission to import, export, or link to (Form/Report)." I am currently logged in as Admin, but the Admin user/group does not have permissions to 'Modify Design' or 'Read/Update/Insert/Delete Data'. Those boxes are grayed out for Database, Form, & Report Objects. Is that normal? It does not prevent me from modifying anything in any other database. Any help is appreciated. It sounds like you're working with the A97 database without the workgroup file (*.mdw). That's why you're not having much success. You need to find that workgroup file, and the username/password of a user in the Admins group. When you join that workgroup or specify it on your shortcut's command line (the /wrkgrp switch), you will get access to all objects. -Tom. >I am trying to open a database designed in Access 97 and am getting the >message "The Current user account doesn't have permission to convert or [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Any help is appreciated. Unfortunately it did not come with a mdw file. It is a demo db in the Platinum Edition of Using Access 97. There are no mdw files on the CD. It has its own install program and the only thing copied was the mdb file. I was able to open it years ago. Is there no other way to access it? > It sounds like you're working with the A97 database without the > workgroup file (*.mdw). That's why you're not having much success. You [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > >Any help is appreciated. Which file are you having trouble with. I just tested every file on the CD and had no problems. None of the demos are secured.  SignatureJoan Wild Microsoft Access MVP > Unfortunately it did not come with a mdw file. It is a demo db in the > Platinum Edition of Using Access 97. There are no mdw files on the CD. It has [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> > >> >Any help is appreciated. Sounds like the OP has experimented with Access-level security, rather than first downloading, studying, and fully understanding the Access Security FAQ from microsoft.com -Tom. >Which file are you having trouble with. I just tested every file on the CD and had no problems. None of the demos are secured. Maybe, or there's something on the CD I've missed. SignatureJoan Wild Microsoft Access MVP > > Sounds like the OP has experimented with Access-level security, rather [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >>Which file are you having trouble with. I just tested every file on the CD and had no problems. None of the demos are secured. The database is call GLdemo from Adaptasoft. > I am trying to open a database designed in Access 97 and am getting the > message "The Current user account doesn't have permission to convert or [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Any help is appreciated. OK, after installing that one, I see that it is secured. The vendor didn't provide the development mdw it was secured with; as a user you are meant to use it with the standard system.mdw. The demo is in 97, and given your initial message, I take it you are trying to open it using a newer version. You won't be able to. I suggest you contact the vendor to see if they have an upgraded version of it. SignatureJoan Wild Microsoft Access MVP > The database is call GLdemo from Adaptasoft. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> Any help is appreciated. |
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