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| message from =?Utf-8?B?S3JhbWFyRGFuSWthYnU=?= on 13 May 2004 |
Whenever I open any database (.mdb) of any sort, it gives me this error message: This file may not be safe if it contains code that was intended to harm your computer. Do you want to open this file or cancel the operation? This happens on ALL files.
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| Ken Snell replied to =?Utf-8?B?S3JhbWFyRGFuSWthYnU=?= on 14 May 2004 |
You must be running ACCESS 2003. This sounds like the new security feature
that is in this version of ACCESS. The only way to "turn this off" is to set
the Security level of the software to Low.
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| Brendan Reynolds replied to =?Utf-8?B?S3JhbWFyRGFuSWthYnU=?= on 14 May 2004 |
Believe it or not, that's not an error, it is 'by design'.
If you are developing databases for your own use, you can ignore it, you can
set security to Low (Tools, Macro, Security) or you can use the makecert.exe
utility to create a digital certificate that will be valid only on your PC
and use that to sign your Access files. You probably have makecert.exe
somewhere on your PC, but if not it can be downloaded at the following URL
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2B742795-D0F0-4A66-B27F-22A95FCD3425&displaylang=en
If you are developing in-house applications, talk to your administrator.
Using Certificate Server on Windows 2000/2003 Server, an administrator can
create a certificate that will be valid across the domain.
If you work for a company that develops applications for third parties, your
company needs to purchase a digital certificate from a Certificate Authority
(CA) such as VeriSign or Thawte. If you're a private individual who develops
applications for third parties, you are, for the time being at least, out of
luck. In theory, there are supposed to be 'Class 2' certificates for
individual developers, but in practice, they are unobtainable, as no CA
currently sells them.
I'm currently pursuing this matter with a CA who *may* be willing to sell
certificates to individuals in some circumstances, and will post here when I
get their answer, but it could take some time. While the CA in question
answers technical questions promptly, they are very slow to answer policy
questions like this.
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Archived message: Error When Opening File (Microsoft Access Database)
