Another day, another episode of "I can't believe this has been allowed to happen" - yet here I am.
We have a department that (unknown to me until today) are reliant on a database that was built (and still runs in!) Access 97. Yes, you heard me right. I mean, it only went out of extended support in February 2002, what's nearly ten years of unsupported software between friends? However (the plot thickens) it was built and maintained by a developer who has now left the company. And it needs some administration doing to it. And it turns out that the form to administer the database is password-protected. And not surprisingly, as with all problems that seem to have defeated everyone else, it is now sitting in my lap. The developer can't be contacted - believe me, short of commissioning a private investigator, I have tried all I can. The question is - does anyone know any way I could reveal or reset the password that is protecting the admin form? It's that long since I used any form of Access (never mind a 14-year old version of it!) that I am completely clueless here. I'm already drafting up a snotty email to go to the business heads here about the importance of migrating their critical data onto supported platforms, so hopefully something like this should never happen again (yes, it probably will, though). But if anyone can think of any way I can get inside the guts of this ancient database, I sure would be grateful. TIA, JRR -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." *IMPORTANT: The information in this email is CONFIDENTIAL. If its contents are disclosed in any way my lawyers will swoop down from black helicopters like Seal Team Six and drag you away with a black bag over your head. They will then take you to a secret prison and make you fight to the death with other people who dared to share this email. You will be given a large bowie knife and a supply of methamphetamines while I watch the said deathmatch and wager vast sums of money on who will be the winner. If the fight becomes boring or there is a stalemate, I will release rabid dogs and my two-stone cat into the arena to liven things up a bit. If these animals become in any way docile, I will squirt them with water pistols until they become a bit more temperamental.* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
