CREATE OR CHANGE SECURITY PASSWORD

Create or Change Security Account Password

A security account password is created to ensure that no other user can log on using that Username. By default, Microsoft Access assigns a blank password to the Admin user account and any new user accounts you create in your workgroup.

Start Microsoft Access by using the workgroup the user account is stored in, and log on using the name of the account for which you want to create or change the password.

You can find out which workgroup is current or change workgroups by using the Workgroup Administrator.

1. Open a database
2. On the Tools menu, point to Security, and then click User and Group Accounts.
3. On the Change Logon Password tab, leave the Old Password box blank if a password hasn't been defined previously for this account. Otherwise, type the current password in the Old Password box.
4. Type the new password in the New Password box.
5. A password can range from 1 to 20 characters and can include any characters except the ASCII character 0 (Null). Passwords are case-sensitive.
6. Retype the password in the Verify box, and then click OK.

Caution: Be sure to record the exact account name and Personal Identifier (PID), including the correct use of uppercase and lowercase letters, and store them securely. If you ever need to re-create a deleted account or replicate it in a different workgroup, you must provide the exact same name and PID. If these details are lost or forgotten, they cannot be recovered, and access to the database may be permanently lost.

Click Next to see how to clear a security account password.

Goto Main

MS-ACCESS Security Links.

1. Create a security user account
2. Create a security group account
3. Add users to security groups
4. Remove users from security groups
5. Delete a security user account
6. Delete a security group account
7. Create or change a security account password
8. Clear a security account password
9. Assign or remove permissions
10. Assign default permissions for new tables, queries, forms, reports, and macros.
11. View or transfer ownership of Objects
12. Transfer ownership of an entire database to another administrator
13. Permit others to view or run my query but not change data or query design.
14. Change default permissions for all new queries.
15. RunPermissions Property
16. Convert Microsoft Access 95 or 97 secured databases.
17. Convert a workgroup information file from a previous version of Microsoft Access.
18. Share a previous-version secured database across several versions of Microsoft Access