Nope. The form has the password on it. And so it's the database within. Its lock down to protect people from editing the form, vba and so on and give people limited access to type, enter info an print when its initially created. -------- ---------------------- regards Thomas N. Chan Paypal me if you want to help me to fulfill my dream of helping even more people -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2006 1:27 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Microsoft access DB password Is the password in the security settings, or on the opening form? I have had luck when I accidentally locked myself out of my databases by trying to set securities by renaming the system.mdw file and letting access create a new one on file open. You may want to research it a little first, I don't know enough about it except it worked for me, but as to the potential harm - that's why rename instead of delete. If the password is on a form, if you create a new database, will it let you simply import the tables? "Thomas N. Chan" <da_qing_ren@xxxxxxxx m.sg> To Sent by: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> mso-bounce@freelists. cc org 11/27/2006 04:22 AM Subject Please respond to mso [mso] Microsoft access DB password Hi, I was asked by a company to open up a old database they contracted some other company to do the previous time. Its lock by VBA and password, so nobody recorded down whats the password to open and write on it. Can anyone suggest what I can do next to open up this database and pull out those info they wanted? Or just crack the password? thanks Computer users are divided into three types: novice, intermediate and expert. Novice Users - People who are afraid that simply pressing a key might break their computer. 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