Accidental password

  • Thread starter Thread starter Andy T
  • Start date Start date
A

Andy T

Somehow I have managed unwittingly to password protect my
Access 2002 database. I think it happened when I tried to
link a cell in an excel spreadsheet to my database. The
result is I am locked out because I have no idea how the
password was generated.
How can I delete the password protection on my database?
I am the only user and it is not available except on my
machine. I really don't want to revert to my backup.
Andy T
 
Hi Andy,

If a database password was placed on your database (and you didn't do it )
then the only means is to resort to backup or contact a database recovery
specialist. Do a Google search for the keywords "database", "recovery",
and "access"

Regards,

Eric Butts
Microsoft Access Support

"Microsoft Security Announcement: Have you installed the patch for
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026? If not Microsoft strongly advises
you to review the information at the following link regarding Microsoft
Security Bulletin MS03-026
<http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-026.asp> and/or
to visit Windows Update at <http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/> to install
the patch. Running the SCAN program from the Windows Update site will help
to insure you are current with all security patches, not just MS03-026."


--------------------
| Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
| From: "Andy T" <[email protected]>
| Sender: "Andy T" <[email protected]>
| Subject: Accidental password
| Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:00:54 -0800
| Lines: 9
| Message-ID: <[email protected]>
| MIME-Version: 1.0
| Content-Type: text/plain;
| charset="iso-8859-1"
| Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000
| X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300
| Thread-Index: AcQEdoRNz8lhHk5ATy2sk96pjlp6HQ==
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.access.security
| Path: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl
| Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl microsoft.public.access.security:8954
| NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftngxa08.phx.gbl 10.40.1.160
| X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.access.security
|
| Somehow I have managed unwittingly to password protect my
| Access 2002 database. I think it happened when I tried to
| link a cell in an excel spreadsheet to my database. The
| result is I am locked out because I have no idea how the
| password was generated.
| How can I delete the password protection on my database?
| I am the only user and it is not available except on my
| machine. I really don't want to revert to my backup.
| Andy T
|
 
Can you E-Mail me your mdb file so that I can try to recover and open it.

Please send it in zip format if its size is more.


Best Regards,

Luqman
 
Hi Andy,

If a database password was placed on your database (and you didn't do it )
then the only means is to resort to backup or contact a database recovery
specialist. Do a Google search for the keywords "database", "recovery",
and "access"
Click to expand...

Yes - here's a good MS Access password recovery service that we use
sometimes:

http://www.intertek.org.uk/services/


If you're a new customer they'll sometimes do the first file free of
charge - don't tell them I told you! ;)

N.B. Please do not access any MDB file or database unless you are
authorized to do so.
 
Back
Top