Acess 2003 Beta Security Warning IS DRIVING ME NUTS!

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Every time I open a database using Access 2003 I get a security warning
telling me that the program may not be safe. I cannot find a setting within
Access to switch this off. Does anybody know how to short-circuit this
intensely irritating dialog? (without compromising system security
elsewhere). In case Microsoft are interested, I'm a mature systems developer
not an eight-year old. If this is an example of how thing can be expected to
go as a result of the new security conscious code initiative at MS, are we
going to suffer these ridiculous warnings every time we open any Microsoft
program in the future?

Think about it MS. After just a few encounters with these dialogs, people
skip past them without a second thought and certainly without reading them.

Any help gratefully received.

Paul

(WinXPpro fully up to date, WorkGroup, not domain, Access XP and Access 2003
Beta)
 
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Microsoft.public.access.security

You can find the answer with the message

Re: Access 2003, I was warned by a security window when I open any .mdb file



Very good description of you problem from Joan Wild

That quote the Mike Wachal.



In my computer I Set the macro security to low



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Every time I open a database using Access 2003 I get a security warning
telling me that the program may not be safe. I cannot find a setting within
Access to switch this off. Does anybody know how to short-circuit this
intensely irritating dialog? (without compromising system security
elsewhere). In case Microsoft are interested, I'm a mature systems developer
not an eight-year old. If this is an example of how thing can be expected to
go as a result of the new security conscious code initiative at MS, are we
going to suffer these ridiculous warnings every time we open any Microsoft
program in the future?

Think about it MS. After just a few encounters with these dialogs, people
skip past them without a second thought and certainly without reading them.

Any help gratefully received.

Paul

(WinXPpro fully up to date, WorkGroup, not domain, Access XP and Access 2003
Beta)
 
I've received an email that shows me how to switch this off - Thanks Hafner.

In case anyone is interested and has the same problem, the setting is in the Access Tools Menu >> Macro >> Security, put the setting to low to switch off the message.

I was looking in the obvious (but wrong) places - Control Panel Internet Security and Access Options.
 
Velociraptor said:
I've received an email that shows me how to switch this off - Thanks Hafner.

In case anyone is interested and has the same problem, the setting is in the Access Tools Menu >> Macro >> Security, put the setting to low to switch off the message.
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Once Jet 4.0 SP 8 is out you'll be able to change that back.

Tony
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Tony Toews said:
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Once Jet 4.0 SP 8 is out you'll be able to change that back.

Tony
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Um, not true. I installed SP8 and still get those ridiculous warnings.
 
Did you follow the instructions, carefully, for "Sandbox mode"? That is what
lets you choose Med or High macro security and not get the blasted message;
note that you have to set something more global than Access' Options, too.

AFAIAC, setting the Macro Security to "Low" gives me no less security than I
have had with Access since 1993, so I am not worrying much about it.

I rarely run databases that aren't from a trusted provider, and even then, I
know why I have them, and why I am running them. If a database from a known
party should arrive with a generic message like "Take a look at this!" or
"Please review and advise.", I will immediately assume they have been
infected by a virus/worm and contact them before executing it.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
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