I’m trying to open a Microsoft Access 2000 .MDB file to migrate it, as it is currently being used by somebody’s ten-year-old VB app that’s fallen by the way side on an NT server and whose author is long gone. Back in September I copied the MDB file over to a nearby XP machine (because that has Access installed), and when it asked for a name and password, was able to open it then using those of the Windows XP account I was logged in as.
However, since I tried again in November, it suddenly will no longer accept that username/password pair and everyone swears noone has touched the machine. I’ve tried a blank username, the login/pass of the “Administrator” account on the NT server from which I got it, as well as all of those on the XP machine I previously opened it on.
I tried running a couple password-recovery apps on it such as Rixler Access Password Recovery and Nirsoft’s “accesspv.exe”, and they both say that the file is not password-protected. So it’s not a “database” password per se, it just wants some account info and I have no idea even what username it wants.
I’ve read up on what I could find in the way of MDW files; finding 3 of such on the XP workstation, I tried renaming them all in case that’s where it’s trying to look for account names, but the result is also the same.
The half-broken VB app that it was built for is apparently still opening and using the database fine; alas I’ve not found its source code.
Anyone know what Access 2000 wants as far as credentials in a non-password-protected MDB file, and how to get back in?
Thanks.
Solved with MDB Tools. That would have been pretty handy about five months ago.