prevents it from being opened or locked

[Greg Youdale]

I have Office XP Pro installed on a standalone PC.
Sometimes when I open any Access 2002 database, even
using 'Open Exclusive' otion on the 'Open' button, I get
the following message even though I can be the only
possible user.
"The database has been placed in a state by user 'Admin'
on machine 'MDSCOMP01' that prevents it from being opened
or locked."
Clicking help displays ... "The database has been placed
in a state by user <name> on machine <name> that prevents
it from being opened or locked. (Error 3734)
This error occurs when the new passive
shutdown/connection control is being used. This error
message indicates that a user set the database in a mode
that will prevent other users from opening it."

How can I be putting the database in this state ?

 

[Van T. Dinh]

It may be a sign of corruptions.

Check Tony Toews' article on corrupt mdbs:

<http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/corruptmdbs.htm>

HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)