Does Access require re-installation??

[Sausagefingers]

Hi,
a colleague of mine has Office 2000 installed on her work PC in order to carry out Access datadase responsibilities (amongst other things) as part of her job.

I think (though I cannot be sure) that someone has 'locked down' the copy of Access to such a point that shift bypass no longer works, F11 does not display the database window etc. This is strange because our company generally does a default install of Office and leaves most everything configured as standard.

In short, I need to access the Tools menu to set startup screen options and customize some of other options for her. Obviously I can't.

Will this problem require a complete Office re-install or is there a way to undo someone elses changes and set Access back to 'wide-open' ??

Thanks

Sausagefingers

 

[Oldsoftboss]

The lockdown is associated with the .mdb, not Access itself.

Re-installing Access will not solve this problem.

If the Shift key has been bypassed, unless the person has left a way of re-enabling it, then you may be in trouble.

Try opening Access from the Windows menu then create a new Db and import all the objects from the troublesome one.

Dave

 

[Sausagefingers]

The lockdown is associated with the .mdb, not Access itself.

Re-installing Access will NOT solve this problem.

If the Shift key has been bypassed, unless the person has left a way of re-enabling it, then you may be in trouble.

Try opening Access from the Windows menu then create a new Db and import all the objects from the troublesome one.

Dave

Hi Dave
thanks for the rapid response!
Well, this is strange. The database she is using, I created. At present, we are in a period of testing so the database is not nor has not been locked. The database is available to a number of other people accross the network and no-one else's PC has the same issue. Every user machine is (at this moment in time) able to display the database window via F11 and the shift bypass is working (except the one in question).

I'm perplexed!

Al

 

[Oldsoftboss]

Weird, very weird

 

[unclejoe]

Any chance that she is using a runtime edition of Access?
Sometimes you can never know.

Hi Dave
thanks for the rapid response!
Well, this is strange. The database she is using, I created. At present, we are in a period of testing so the database is not nor has not been locked. The database is available to a number of other people accross the network and no-one else's PC has the same issue. Every user machine is (at this moment in time) able to display the database window via F11 and the shift bypass is working (except the one in question).
I'm perplexed!
Al

 

[Sausagefingers]

Any chance that she is using a runtime edition of Access?
Sometimes you can never know.

UncleJoe, this very thought occurred to me this morning. In this case I will have to contact our IT department and have them rectify it.

Thanks

Al