Outlook 2003 Blocks Access Databases - Help Me Unblock Them

[JasonTruman]

Hi all

Does anyone know of a way around unblocking Access databases sent to you in Outlook 2003

I am using a local copy of Outlook on my PC and therefore not on an Exchange Server and using Broadband to dial up. Why on earth have Microsoft decided to stop you receiving Access databases ?

Cheers

Jace

 

[Norie]

Why on earth have Microsoft decided to stop you receiving Access databases

Are you sure it's Microsoft stopping you?

Are these work databases?

 

[JasonTruman]

Re: Outlook 2003 Blocks Access Databases - Help Me Unblock T

Yep - it sure is

 

[bat17]

Get them to zip them and sen you the Zip file.

Peter

 

[JasonTruman]

Re: Outlook 2003 Blocks Access Databases - Help Me Unblock T

Hi Peter

Thanks lol - I know of ways to get the database to me.

I just want to know if there a way to stop Outlook blocking the database in an mdb format

Cheers

Jace

 

[Norie]

Yep - it sure is

So they are work databases.

Well it's probably some sort of security setting, not necessarily set from Outlook.

It could be a firewall or something like that.

You probably need to talk to your network administrators or whatever.

 

[dk]

Re: Outlook 2003 Blocks Access Databases - Help Me Unblock T

Hi, this is an Outlook security feature. There is a hack for it here that will allow you to customise the security settings by making changes to your registry:-

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;829982&Product=ol2002

HTH
Dan

 

[JasonTruman]

Re: Outlook 2003 Blocks Access Databases - Help Me Unblock T

Hi Dan

That helped a lot - in fact I've changed the registry and it has worked

Cheers matey

Jace