I keep getting the follwing error
'You do not have exclusive acess to the database at this time.  Your design
changes will not be saved.'
I want multi user access to the forms.  When this happens no one is in

After I split my database, I tried creating a MDE file to put on everyone's
computer, but the ONLY error message I get is "Microsoft Access was unable to
create an MDE database."  I have no idea why.  Any suggestions?

I have a multi-user secured database running across a network. It has three
main tables which are connected by IDs and the main form has these as a form
with a subform and a subform within that. A few of my fields are mandatory
and there are a couple of combo box lookups. There ...

I have a secured A2K mdb, split with the BE (and the mdw file) on the
fileserver, and lots of FEs on various PCs. Until recently all the PC were
running W2k and A2k, but now we have 2 running Wxp and A2003. With the same
FE, and (virtually) the same shortcut to open the FEs (the ...

Does anyone know of any software or scripts that can track/see user
accounts and tell you what computers they're logged in at on a network,
and what services/programs are running on those machines? I've been
looking for one, but haven't been able to find one yet.  I'm sure

I know that there are work arounds for getting a confirmation request before
updating records... however, this only works in a form with VBA code.
There is an option under Tools > Options > Edit/Find > Confirm Record Changes.
I saw many different versions of explanations of what it ...

I have the FE sitting on the various work stations which is linked to the BE
on a peer-to-peer 'Server'. Recently it has become painfully slow to even
open a form. It seems to start as soon as one computer has a form open, than
all the rest of the computers become very slow.  Any ...

I created an MDE from an Access 2000 mdb.  The purpose of this is to protect
the database from other users' attempts to make or modify queries, code,
design.  However, I see that I am able to get to the database and do all of
that by holding down the shift key.   If this is the ...

Is there a way of retrieving any open connections to an Access Database. And
if so can the computer name from which these connections are established
from, also be retrieved or not?? Say for instance there are 3 computers
connected to a single access database located on a server, ...

I have a share Access XP database on a WinXP computer which is shared with
another user on a Win 98 computer using Access XP.
When the DB is open on the server computer and the other user trys to
connect from a Shortcut on their desktop or Doulble clicking the file in Win

What happens when the administrator account opens up my Access database and
creates an ldb file? Who owns the ldb file? Administrator I suspect!
Then what happens when the web server comes in under IUSR_MACHINENAME and
tries to open the same access database? If it succeeds in ...

A company uses our split database. They are opening a new office and their
IT dept tell me staff in the new office will connect to the old one using
terminal services. I am not familiar with this. What does this mean for the
new office in terms of using our database. Do I still ...

I would like to know if there is a way to retrieve the name of any computer
that is connected to an access database that is residing on the server. And
if so, how do I go about performing this action? Any help in this area will
be greatly appreciated.

I have a little problem with our shared database.  It's up on a server & is
shared by several users (about 6-7).  I can launch the database fine, by
double-clicking it, but as soon as I try to launch it while holding down the
shift key (to get into design view), it won't  open at ...

I have inherited a "monolithic" (UI and tables in one .MDB) multiuser
database (one of several). I am planning to redesign the database into the
preferred FE-BE structure, but this is one of several projects I have
inherited and it may be a while before I can get to it, as there ...