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QUESTION:
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I forgot my Access database password.  How do I remove the password and
regain access to the database?



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ANSWER: 
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Assuming it is a Database Password (not user-level security--.mdw file), 
you can use one of the two following resources to read or remove the password:

(1) Michael Kaplan's site has a basic module that will enable you to remove 
passwords from Access 95/97 databases:

http://www.trigeminal.com/lang/1033/codes.asp

 
2) PBSystem has an MDE file that will lookup passwords also.  It works with 
Access 95/97 and Access 2000.  You can download MDBRecoverPW (the tool) from:

http://www.pb-sys.com/


Note: the trick with/Access 2000 was that the password has a CHR(0) inserted 
between every password character before the encryption string XOR'd.