I have spent some time going through the information on securing an Access 2k database along with using the Security wizard. I have come to some conclusions, the security schemes are not straight forward and #$%!. Sorry for the venting. What I am trying to do is as follows. I have a database with two main tables along with 4 lookup tables. The lookup tables are used in calulating values for answers of certain questions and then the questions are grouped according to their values. I have two main forms that are used to store the information in the tables. I do not want the lookup tables to be viewed by the user, but since my input forms use the lookup tables for computations I cannot lock them form being viewed. Must I put these lookup tables in Visual Basic behind the form that is using them? This poses a problem since they will be changed periodically and they where originally generated from an Excel spreadsheet. Should I use a scheme of hiding them from view and then disable the menus along with disabling the shift key on loading the database? Will this work to keep unwanted eyes from peering at the data? Any views or advice on this subject is greatly apreciated.