As far as I remember, I once had a problem like that, and wasn't able to access some data on Access 97 database, and I used a tool to crack the password: http://www.rixler.com/eng/access_password_recovery.htm
2011/6/10 James Rankin <[email protected]> > 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 > ~ 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
