You say that "everyone seems to have the correct rights". What exactly do
they have? (they need at least Read, Write, eXecute and Delete privileges on
the folder where the MDB file exists)

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>I have several Access 97 databases that have been hosted
> on Windows 98 computers that are in a workgroup. When the
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> that is in a workgroup and not a domain? everyone seems to have the
> correct rights.