Hi David, Linda, Kathy Great replies. My friend demonstrated his setup, and I saw that he did make the DB Read-Only, but even when the DB was in its own non-administrative account, any user could remove the Read-Only attribute or (worse) the user could delete the entire DB. We didn't look at the front/back-end idea. And yes, the thread looks promising. I'll let you know how this works out. In fact, I have a different application in a different club, but I may very well do the same thing with my DB. Thanks for the help. Ray Shapp ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************