placed in a state by user 'Admin'

[TheMaulMan]

Given: if one workstation has opened an .mdb (not split)
in design mode, a second workstation attempting to open
the database will receive a message such as ->
"Run-time error 3734: The database has been placed in a
state by user 'Admin' on machine ... that prevents it from
being opened or locked."

Question: under what other conditions would the same error
message be received by a second workstation attempting to
open a single .mdb?

We are intermittently being locked out by each other,
though first one in is a user using an application, not
someone doing design work, as is second one in, third one
in, etc. And second one gets the above error message
preventing it's opening the .mdb.

Is there possibly inherent either in Form or Report or VBA
functionality this consequence though one is not in
fact "doing design?"

Thanks for the help.

 

[Phobos]

The first person has the database opened exclusively.

P