Wayne Morgan! Access cannot open a database/remote FrontPage error

[Guest]

Hi, I'm a web developer student. Many of us are getting an error message
when trying to open an Access database saved on the school server. The
message is that 'Access cannot open the database because it is not on your
local intranet or is not a trusted site.' (paraphrased) I have altered my
Windows security settings to recognize it as a trusted site, same problem
occurs. Disabled firewall and every other security system I could find, same
problem.

In a separate post, which I cannot find today, Wayne suggested that another
user add "remote control software" to his home PC's to enable him to open the
remote database. (Wayne is an Access MVP.) This new software fixed his
problem...but no software name was specified. CNet was not much help.

Our instructor and their entire IT staff are stumped. COULD YOU PLEASE
SPECIFY WHAT 'REMOTE CONTROL SOFTWARE' by NAME please, so I can attempt to
troubleshoot this problem? Basically, and entire STATE of students are
waiting for help here. We're also required to take Dreamweaver. If that
works, you know what we'll be using.

Thanks for any and all help.

Whomever

 

[Jesper Fjølner]

Hi, I'm a web developer student. Many of us are getting an error message

when trying to open an Access database saved on the school server. The
message is that 'Access cannot open the database because it is not on your
local intranet or is not a trusted site.' (paraphrased) I have altered
my
Windows security settings to recognize it as a trusted site, same problem
occurs. Disabled firewall and every other security system I could find,
same
problem.

I just had this problem - does it by any chance work to right-click the
file - > properties -> and is there then a label saying "the file came from
another computer blabla..." and a button saying "remove block".

This solved it for me.



Jesper Fjølner

 

[Guest]

Jesper,

When I bring up the FP site, I right-clicked the fpdp file name in the list
of files on the left file pane. The only options under fpdb properties,

(Grayed out) Allow programs to be run

Allow scripts to be run
Allow files to be browsed
Allow anonymous upload to this directory
Allow updated files to overwrite existing filenames.

checking these did nothing to remove the error message.

Thanks anyway.

 

[TC]

Jesper's advice sounds right to me. He suggested that you check the
properties of the Access database file on the school server. You seem
to have checked some other file: the fdpd file, whatever that is. Check
the actual database (mdb or mde) file.

HTH,
TC