group and user security

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i added a new admin (admin01) to the admins group.
i then deleted admin from the admins group, but left it in
users.
i also changed the owner on all items to admin01.

once i did that, the new, delete, clear password buttons
were greyed out. also, the add, remove buttons were greyed.

how do i fix and why did it occur?

thanks
 
Did you change the Admin user's password? Are you receiving a promt to log
on with username and password? If so, what user are you loggin on as?
 
so is that why all the buttons are greyed? the system is
in a quasi state because it does not know whether it is
admin or admin01?

i get nervous in tampering with security because we are a
small shop and currently there are other apps on the same
mdw. i have not found yet how i can point the other apps
to other 'safe' mdws, while i work on this app.
 
Actually, Access knows exactly who is logged in -- Admin. Since you removed
Admin from the Admins group, it no longer has the ability to administer user
information. Simply give the Admin user some password other than a blank,
log on as Admin01, and you should be able to do all you want.

To point an application to a specific .mdw file use a shortcut with the
following general syntax:

"FullPathToMSAccess.exe" "FullPathToDatabase.mdb" /wrkgrp
"FullPathToWorkgroup.mdw"

--
Lynn Trapp
MS Access MVP
www.ltcomputerdesigns.com
Access Security: www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm
 
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