Joining a workgroup

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harry

I was under the impression of i joined a workgroup on one workstation then this workgroup would would apply to all users who logged on but this does not appear to be the case.

Using xp and access 2003/2000 in some cases

harry
 
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Van T. Dinh

I don't think so. Unless you arrange something different, each work-station
joins the "default" system.mdw file installed with the Access installation
on the PC.

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HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)




harry said:
I was under the impression of i joined a workgroup on one workstation then
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this workgroup would would apply to all users who logged on but this does
not appear to be the case.
 
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Joan Wild

harry said:
I was under the impression of i joined a workgroup on one workstation
then this workgroup would would apply to all users who logged on but
this does not appear to be the case.
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True enough - it changes the default only for the current user
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Access\Jet\4.0\Engines is
the key that's changed in the registry.

Usually, you don't change the default from the standard system.mdw. Give
users a desktop shortcut that specifies the workgroup to use for that
session. The shortcut target would look like
"path to msaccess.exe" "path to mdb" /wrkgr "path to secure.mdw"

You could even put that shortcut in the All Users\Desktop folder so everyone
uses it.
 
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