Access 2000 & 2003 compatibility

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Jock W

I have a database written in '2000' which is used network wide by many users.
We have recently upgraded a couple of workstations to Office 2003 and these
workstations cannot open the 2000 database. The message "You do not have the
necessary permissions to use ......" appears.
What do I have to do to allow these users to have access to the database?

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Joan Wild

Jock W said:
I have a database written in '2000' which is used network wide by many
users.
We have recently upgraded a couple of workstations to Office 2003 and
these
workstations cannot open the 2000 database. The message "You do not have
the
necessary permissions to use ......" appears.
What do I have to do to allow these users to have access to the database?
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The 2000 version was secured. If it is launched via a desktop shortcut,
check the target. That will tell you the workgroup file (.mdw) that it was
using.

You'll need to create a similar shortcut on the 2003 machines, modifying the
target to point to the correct location of msaccess.exe and the secured mdw.
 
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